11. “But you say, ‘If a man says to his father or mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me, is Qorban (that is, a gift),” ’
12. you no longer let him do any matter at all for his father or his mother,
13. nullifying the Word of Elohim through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such traditions you do.”
14. And calling the crowd to Him, He said to them, “Hear Me, everyone, and understand:
15. “There is no matter that enters a man from outside which is able to defile him, but it is what comes out of him that defiles the man.
16. “If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”
17. And when He went from the crowd into a house, His taught ones asked Him concerning the parable.
18. And He said to them, “Are you also without understanding? Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside is unable to defile him,
19. because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated, thus purging all the foods?”
20. And He said, “What comes out of a man, that defiles a man.
21. “For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil reasonings, adulteries, whorings, murders,
22. thefts, greedy desires, wickednesses, deceit, indecency, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.
23. “All these wicked matters come from within and defile a man.”
24. And rising up from there He went to the borders of Tsor and Tsiḏon. And entering into a house He wished no one to know it, but it was impossible to be hidden.
25. For a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit heard about Him, and she came and fell at His feet.
26. Now the woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phoenician by birth, and she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.
27. And יהושע said to her, “Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.”