Mark 7
1 And the Pharisees, and some of the scholars, having come from Jerusalem, gathered in to him.
One day the Pharisees came to him in a body with some Scribes who had come from Jerusalem.
2 And having seen some of his disciples eating their loaves with profane hands, that is, unwashed, they accused them.
They had noticed that some of his disciples were eating with "common," that is to say, unwashed hands.
3 (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, unless they wash their hands carefully, do not eat, holding the tradition of the elders.
For the Pharisees and all of the Jews do not eat until they have ceremoniously washed their hands in obedience to the tradition of the elders;
4 And coming from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they bathe. And there are many other things that they have taken in to retain: washings of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels, and beds.)
and when they come from the market-place they do not eat without bathing first. and they have many other customs which they have received and observe, such as the washing of cups and jugs and copper pans.
5 Then the Pharisees and the scholars demand of him, Why do thy disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?
So the Pharisees and Scribes asked him. "Why do your disciples not follow the traditions of the elders? Why do they eat with ‘common’ unwashed hands?"
6 And having answered, he said to them, Well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far distant from me.
"Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, hypocrites," he answered. "As it is written, "This people honor me with their lips, While their hearts are far from me;
7 But in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.
But in vain do they worship me, For their teaching is only human precepts.
8 For having set aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men: washings of pots and cups and many other such like things ye do.
"You neglect the commandment of God, and hold fast the traditions of men."
9 And he said to them, Well do ye reject the commandment of God, so that ye may keep your tradition.
"It is praiseworthy, is it," he exclaimed, "to reject the command of God that you may keep your tradition!
10 For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother, and, He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him perish in death.
For although Moses said, Honor your father and mother, and Let him who curses father or mother suffer death,
11 But ye say, If a man should say to his father or mother, Whatever ye might be benefited from me is Corban, that is, an offering,
you say that if a man tells his father or mother, ‘This money which otherwise you would have received from me, is Korban’ (that is, a thing devoted to God),
12 then ye no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,
you exempt him from doing any service for his father or mother.
13 annulling the word of God by your tradition that ye have delivered. And many such like things ye do.
Thus by your tradition which you have handed down you set at naught the word of God; and you do many other things like that."
14 And having summoned all the people, he said to them, Hear me all of you, and understand.
Then again he called the crowd to him and said.
15 There is nothing outside the man, entering into him that can defile him, but the things coming out of him those are the things that defile the man.
"Listen to me, all of you, and understand; there is nothing outside a man which by entering in can defile him; but it is what comes from him that defiled him."
16 If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.
17 And when he entered into a house from the crowd, his disciples questioned him about the parable.
After he had left the crowd and gone indoors his disciples began asking him about the parable.
18 And he says to them, Are also ye so without understanding? Do ye not perceive that everything outside that enters into the man cannot defile him,
"Are even you without understanding?" he said. "Do you not perceive that nothing whatever from without can defile a man by entering him,
19 because it does not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and goes out into the toilet (making all foods clean)?
because it does not go into his heart, but into his belly, and passes away, ejected from him?" By these words he pronounced all foods clean.
20 And he said, That which comes out of the man, that defiles the man.
"What comes out of a man," he continued, "is what defiles him.
21 For from inside the heart of men proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts,
From within, from the heart of man, proceed evil purposes -
22 covetings, wickednesses, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye, reviling, pride, foolishness.
fornication, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, wantonness, envy, slander, arrogance, reckless folly -
23 All these evil things come from inside, and defile the man.
all these wicked things issue from within and defile a man."
24 And having risen from there, he went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And having entered into a house, he wanted no man to know it, and yet he could not be hid.
After he rose and left that place, he went away into the region of Tyre and Sidon. Here he went into a house and wished no one to know it but he could not be hid.
25 For a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, after hearing about him, having come, she fell down at his feet.
Forthwith a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet
26 Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. And she besought him that he would cast out the demon from her daughter.
(the woman was a Greek, a Syro-phoenician by race), and again and again she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter.
27 And Jesus said to her, Allow the children first be filled, for it is not right to take the children's bread and cast it to the house dogs.
"Let the children be filled first," he said to her. "It is unseemly to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs."
28 But she answered and says to him, Yes, Lord, for even the house dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.
"True, Master," she answered, "but the dogs under the table do pick up the children’s crumbs."
29 And he said to her, Because of this saying, go thou. The demon has gone out of thy daughter.
"For that saying of yours, go home," he replied; "the demon has departed from your daughter."
30 And having departed to her house, she found the demon having gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.
So she went home, and found the child lying in her bed and the demon departed.
31 And again having departed from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, he came to the sea of Galilee in the midst of the regions of Decapolis.
Again he left the region of Tyre, and passed through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, crossing the District of the Ten Towns.
32 And they bring a deaf, tongue-tied man to him, and they beseech him to lay his hand upon him.
And they brought to him a deaf man who stammered, and begged him to lay his hands upon him.
33 And having taken him from the multitude in private, he put his fingers into his ears, and having spat, he touched his tongue.
So Jesus took him aside from the crowd, by himself, and put his finger in the man’s ears, and moistened his tongue with saliva;
34 And having looked up to heaven, he sighed, and says to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
then looking up to heaven with a sigh, he said to him, "Ephphatha!" (that is, "Be opened.")
35 And straightaway his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosened, and he spoke plainly.
And his ears were opened and the bond of his tongue was loosened, and he spoke plainly.
36 And he commanded them that they should tell no man, but as much as he commanded them, so much the more abundantly they proclaimed it.
Then Jesus charged them not to tell any one, but the more he charged them, the more they published it;
37 And they were exceedingly astonished, saying, He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf to hear, and the mute to speak.
and people were amazed beyond measure saying. "How successfully he does things! Even the deaf he makes to hear, and the dumb to speak."
