Mark 7
1 And the Pharisees and some of the scribes, coming from Jerusalem, are gathered together to him,
One day the Pharisees came to him in a body with some Scribes who had come from Jerusalem.
2 and seeing some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands,
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 diligently, do not eat, holding what has been delivered by the ancients;
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 [on coming] from the market-place, unless they are washed, they do not eat; and there are many other things which they have received to hold, the washing of cups and vessels, and brazen utensils, and couches),
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 scribes ask him, Why do thy disciples not walk according to what has been delivered by the ancients, but eat the bread with defiled 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 But he answering said to them, Well did Esaias prophesy concerning you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honour me with their lips, but their heart is far away 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 do they worship me, teaching [as their] teachings commandments of men.
But in vain do they worship me, For their teaching is only human precepts.
8 [For], leaving the commandment of God, ye hold what is delivered by men [to keep] — washings of vessels 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 set aside the commandment of God, that ye may observe what is delivered by yourselves [to keep].
"It is praiseworthy, is it," he exclaimed, "to reject the command of God that you may keep your tradition!
10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, he who speaks ill of father or mother, let him surely die.
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 say to his father or his mother, [It is] corban (that is, gift), whatsoever thou mightest have profit from me by...
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 And ye no longer suffer him to do anything for his father or his mother;
you exempt him from doing any service for his father or mother.
13 making void the word of God by your traditional teaching which 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 called again the crowd, 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 from outside a man entering into him which can defile him; but the things which go out from him, those it is which 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 one have ears to hear, let him hear.
17 And when he went indoors from the crowd, his disciples asked him concerning 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 ye also thus unintelligent? Do ye not perceive that all that is outside entering 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 his belly, and goes out into the draught, purging all meats?
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 goes forth out of the man, that defiles the man.
"What comes out of a man," he continued, "is what defiles him.
21 For from within, out of the heart of men, go forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
From within, from the heart of man, proceed evil purposes -
22 thefts, covetousness, wickednesses, deceit, licentiousness, a wicked eye, injurious language, haughtiness, folly;
fornication, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, wantonness, envy, slander, arrogance, reckless folly -
23 all these wicked things go forth from within and defile the man.
all these wicked things issue from within and defile a man."
24 And he rose up and went away thence into the borders of Tyre and Sidon; and having entered into a house he would not have any one know [it], and 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 But immediately a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell 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 (and the woman was a Greek, Syrophenician by race), and asked him that he would cast the demon out of 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 But [Jesus] said to her, Suffer the children to be first filled; for it is not right to take the children's bread and cast it to the 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, Yea, Lord; for even the 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 word, go thy way, the demon is gone out of thy daughter.
"For that saying of yours, go home," he replied; "the demon has departed from your daughter."
30 And having gone away to her house she found the demon gone out, and her daughter lying on the bed.
So she went home, and found the child lying in her bed and the demon departed.
31 And again having left the borders of Tyre and Sidon, he came to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts 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 to him a deaf [man] who could not speak right, and they beseech him that he might lay his hand on 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 away from the crowd apart, he put his fingers to his ears; and having spit, 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 looking up to heaven he groaned, 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 immediately his ears were opened, and the band of his tongue was loosed and he spoke right.
And his ears were opened and the bond of his tongue was loosened, and he spoke plainly.
36 And he charged them that they should speak to no one [of it]. But so much the more he charged 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 astonished above measure, saying, He does all things well; he makes both the deaf to hear, and the speechless 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."
