Mark Chapter 7 Back Next{7:1} Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from
Jerusalem.
{7:2} Now when they saw some of his
disciples eating
bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault.
{7:3} (For the Pharisees, and all the
Jews, don't eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the
elders.
{7:4} They don't eat when they come from the
marketplace, unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of
cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.)
{7:5} The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why don't your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?"
{7:6} He answered them, "Well did
Isaiah prophesy of you
hypocrites, as it is written, 'This people honors me with their lips, but their
heart is far from me.
{7:7} But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'[
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{7:8} "For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men--the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things."
{7:9} He said to them, "Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.
{7:10} For Moses said, 'Honor your
father and your mother;'[
Ref] and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to
death.'[
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{7:11} But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is
Corban, that is to say, given to God";'
{7:12} then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,
{7:13} making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this."
{7:14} He called all the multitude to himself, and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand.
{7:15} There is nothing from outside of the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.
{7:16} If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!"
{7:17} When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.
{7:18} He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Don't you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can't defile him,
{7:19} because it doesn't go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, thus
purifying all foods?"
{7:20} He said, "That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.
{7:21} For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,
{7:22} covetings, wickedness, deceit,
lustful desires, an
evil eye,
blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.
{7:23} All these evil things come from within, and defile the man."
{7:24} From there he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house, and didn't want anyone to know it, but he couldn't escape notice.
{7:25} For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.
{7:26} Now the woman was a
Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the
demon out of her daughter.
{7:27} But
Jesus said to her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
{7:28} But she answered him, "Yes, Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."
{7:29} He said to her, "For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter."
{7:30} She went away to her house, and found the child having been laid on the bed, with the demon gone out.
{7:31} Again he departed from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the sea of
Galilee, through the midst of the region of
Decapolis.
{7:32} They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him.
{7:33} He took him aside from the multitude, privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue.
{7:34} Looking up to
heaven, he sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha!" that is, "Be opened!"
{7:35} Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke clearly.
{7:36} He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it.
{7:37} They were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak!"
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