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Matthew 2

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¹ He replied, "Rightly did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites (play-actors, pretenders), as it is written [in Scripture], 'These people honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me.

² 'They worship Me in vain [their worship is meaningless and worthless, a pretense], Teaching the precepts of men as doctrines [giving their traditions equal weight with the Scriptures].'

³ You disregard and neglect the commandment of God, and cling [faithfully] to the tradition of men."

⁴ He was also saying to them, "You are experts at setting aside and nullifying the commandment of God in order to keep your [man-made] tradition and regulations.

⁵ For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother [with respect and gratitude]'; and, 'He who speaks evil of his father or mother must be put to death';

⁶ but you [Pharisees and scribes] say, 'If a man tells his father or mother, "Whatever I have that would help you is Corban, (that is to say, already a gift to God),"'

⁷ then you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother [since helping them would violate his vow of Corban];

⁸ so you nullify the [authority of the] word of God [acting as if it did not apply] because of your tradition which you have handed down [through the elders]. And you do many things such as that."

⁹ After He called the people to Him again, He began saying to them, "Listen [carefully] to Me, all of you, [hear] and understand [what I am saying]:

¹⁰ there is nothing outside a man [such as food] which by going into him can defile him [morally or spiritually]; but the things which come out of [the heart of] a man are what defile and dishonor him.

¹¹ [4]["If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."]

¹² When Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the[5] house, His disciples asked Him about the parable.

¹³ And He said to them, "Are you, too, so foolish and lacking in understanding? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile and dishonor him,

¹⁴ since it does not enter his heart, but [only] his stomach, and [from there it] is eliminated?" (By this, He declared all foods[6] ceremonially clean.)

¹⁵ And He said, "Whatever comes from [the heart of] a man, that is what defiles and dishonors him.

¹⁶ For from within, [that is] out the heart of men, come base and malevolent thoughts and schemes, acts of sexual immorality, thefts, murders, adulteries,

¹⁷ acts of greed and covetousness, wickedness, deceit, unrestrained conduct, envy and jealousy, slander and profanity, arrogance and self-righteousness and foolishness (poor judgment).

¹⁸ All these evil things [schemes and desires] come from within and defile and dishonor the man."

¹⁹ Jesus got up and left there and went to the region of Tyre [and Sidon, the coastal area of Phoenicia]. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know about it; but it was impossible for Him to be hidden [from the public].

²⁰ Instead, after hearing about Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately came and fell at His feet.

²¹ Now the woman was a Gentile (Greek), a[7] Syrophoenician by nationality. And she kept pleading with Him to drive the demon out of her daughter.

²² He was saying to her, "First let the children [of Israel] be fed, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the[8] pet dogs (non-Jews)."

²³ But she replied, "Yes, Lord, but even the pet dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."

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1	He replied, "Rightly did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites (play-actors, pretenders), as it is written [in Scripture], 'These people honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me.
2	'They worship Me in vain [their worship is meaningless and worthless, a pretense], Teaching the precepts of men as doctrines [giving their traditions equal weight with the Scriptures].'
3	You disregard and neglect the commandment of God, and cling [faithfully] to the tradition of men."
4	He was also saying to them, "You are experts at setting aside and nullifying the commandment of God in order to keep your [man-made] tradition and regulations.
5	For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother [with respect and gratitude]'; and, 'He who speaks evil of his father or mother must be put to death';
6	but you [Pharisees and scribes] say, 'If a man tells his father or mother, "Whatever I have that would help you is Corban, (that is to say, already a gift to God),"'
7	then you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother [since helping them would violate his vow of Corban];
8	so you nullify the [authority of the] word of God [acting as if it did not apply] because of your tradition which you have handed down [through the elders]. And you do many things such as that."
9	After He called the people to Him again, He began saying to them, "Listen [carefully] to Me, all of you, [hear] and understand [what I am saying]:
10	there is nothing outside a man [such as food] which by going into him can defile him [morally or spiritually]; but the things which come out of [the heart of] a man are what defile and dishonor him.
11	[4]["If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."]
12	When Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the[5] house, His disciples asked Him about the parable.
13	And He said to them, "Are you, too, so foolish and lacking in understanding? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile and dishonor him,
14	since it does not enter his heart, but [only] his stomach, and [from there it] is eliminated?" (By this, He declared all foods[6] ceremonially clean.)
15	And He said, "Whatever comes from [the heart of] a man, that is what defiles and dishonors him.
16	For from within, [that is] out the heart of men, come base and malevolent thoughts and schemes, acts of sexual immorality, thefts, murders, adulteries,
17	acts of greed and covetousness, wickedness, deceit, unrestrained conduct, envy and jealousy, slander and profanity, arrogance and self-righteousness and foolishness (poor judgment).
18	All these evil things [schemes and desires] come from within and defile and dishonor the man."
19	Jesus got up and left there and went to the region of Tyre [and Sidon, the coastal area of Phoenicia]. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know about it; but it was impossible for Him to be hidden [from the public].
20	Instead, after hearing about Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately came and fell at His feet.
21	Now the woman was a Gentile (Greek), a[7] Syrophoenician by nationality. And she kept pleading with Him to drive the demon out of her daughter.
22	He was saying to her, "First let the children [of Israel] be fed, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the[8] pet dogs (non-Jews)."
23	But she replied, "Yes, Lord, but even the pet dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."

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