them: Hearken
to me every one, and understand. (15)There is nothing from without a
man, that entering into him can defile him; but the things that come
out of him, these are they that defile the man. (16)If any one has
ears to hear, let him hear.

(17)And when he entered into the house from the multitude, his
disciples asked him concerning the parable. (18)And he says to them:
Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that
whatever from without enters into the man can not defile him?
(19)Because it enters not into his heart, but into the belly, and goes
out into the drain, cleansing all food. (20)And he said: That which
comes out of the man, that defiles the man. (21)For from within, out
of the heart of men, come forth evil thoughts, adulteries,
fornications, murders, (22)thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit,
wantonness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. (23)All these
evil things come forth from within, and defile the man.

(24)And rising up he departed thence into the borders of Tyre and
Sidon; and entering into a house, he desired that no one should know
it. And he could not be hidden. (25)For a woman, whose little daughter
had an unclean spirit, hearing of him, came and fell at his feet.
(26)The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought
him that he would cast out the demon from her daughter. (27)And he
said to her: Let the children first be filled; for it is not good to
take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs. (28)And she
answered and said to him: Yea, Lord; for the dogs under the table eat
of the children's crumbs. (29)And he said to her: For this saying go
thy way; the demon has gone out of thy daughter. (30)And departing to
her house, she found the little child laid on the bed, and the demon
gone out.

(31)And again going forth out of the borders of Tyre, he came through
Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of
Decapolis. (32)And they bring to him one that was deaf, and had an
impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon
him. (33)And taking him aside from the multitude he put his fingers
into his ears, and spitting, touched his tongue, (34)and looking up to
heaven, he sighed, and says to him: Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
(35)And straightway his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue
was loosed, and he spoke plainly. (36)And he charged them that they
should tell no one. But the more he charged the