Mark 7
1 And the Pharisees and some of the scribes, coming from Jerusalem, are gathered together to him,
And there gathered about him Pharisees and Scribes, who had come from Jerusalem.
2 and seeing some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands,
And they saw some of his disciples eating bread, with their hands unwashed; and they censured it.
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 all the Jews and the Pharisees, unless they carefully wash their hands do not eat; because they hold fast 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 coming from the market-place, except they baptize, they do not eat. And there are many other things which they have received to observe, such as the baptisms of cups, and of pots, and of brazen vessels, and of couches.
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?
And the Scribes and Pharisees asked him: Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the Elders, but eat bread with their hands unwashed?
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.
And he said to them: Well did Isaiah the prophet prophecy concerning you, ye hypocrites; as it is written: This people honoreth me with its lips, but their heart is very far from me.
7 But in vain do they worship me, teaching [as their] teachings commandments of men.
And in vain do they give me reverence, while teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.
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.
For ye have forsaken the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men, the baptisms of cups, and of pots, and many things like these.
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].
He said also to them: Full well do ye spurn the precept of God, that ye may establish 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 Moses said: Honor thy father and thy mother; and whoever shall revile his father or his mother, shall surely die.
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...
But ye say: If a man say to his father or to his mother, Be it my oblation, whatever thou mayest gain from me:
12 And ye no longer suffer him to do anything for his father or his mother;
then ye suffer him not to do any thing for his father or his mother.
13 making void the word of God by your traditional teaching which ye have delivered; and many such like things ye do.
And ye reject the word of God, on account of the tradition which ye hand down. And many things like these, ye do.
14 And having called again the crowd, he said to them, Hear me, all [of you], and understand:
And Jesus called all the multitude, and said to them: Hear, all ye; and understand.
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.
There is nothing without a man which, by entering him, can pollute him. But that which cometh out of him, that it is that polluteth a man.
16 If any one have ears to hear, let him hear.
Whoever hath ears to hear, let him hear.
17 And when he went indoors from the crowd, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
And when Jesus had entered the house, apart from the multitude, his disciples asked him about this similitude.
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,
And he said to them: Are ye likewise so undiscerning? Do ye not know, that whatever from without entereth into a man, cannot defile him?
19 because it does not enter into his heart but into his belly, and goes out into the draught, purging all meats?
For it doth not enter into his heart, but into his belly, and is thrown into the digestive process, which carries off all that is eaten.
20 And he said, That which goes forth out of the man, that defiles the man.
But that which proceedeth from a man, that defileth a man.
21 For from within, out of the heart of men, go forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
For from within, from the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adultery, whoredom,
22 thefts, covetousness, wickednesses, deceit, licentiousness, a wicked eye, injurious language, haughtiness, folly;
theft, murder, avarice, malice, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, reviling, haughtiness, folly.
23 all these wicked things go forth from within and defile the man.
All these evil things come 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.
Thence Jesus arose, and went to the border of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house, and wished no man to know him; but he could not be concealed.
25 But immediately a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell at his feet
For immediately a woman, whose daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him; and she came, and fell before 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 Gentile from Phenicia of Syria), and besought him, that he would expel the demon from 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.
Jesus said to her: Permit the children first to be satisfied; for it is not becoming, to take the children's bread and cast it to dogs.
28 But she answered and says to him, Yea, Lord; for even the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.
And she replied, and said to him: Yes, my Lord: and yet the dogs under the table eat 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.
Jesus said to her: Go thou; because of this speech, the demon hath departed from thy daughter.
30 And having gone away to her house she found the demon gone out, and her daughter lying on the bed.
And she went to her house, and found her daughter lying on a bed, and the demon gone from her.
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 Jesus departed from the border of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee, to the border of Decapolis.
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 and stammering man, and besought him to lay his hand on 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;
And he led him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and spit, and touched his tongue,
34 and looking up to heaven he groaned, and says to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
and looked towards heaven, and sighed, and said to him: Be opened.
35 And immediately his ears were opened, and the band of his tongue was loosed and he spoke right.
And immediately his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he spake 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;
And he charged them to tell no man of it: and the more he charged them, the more they proclaimed 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 they admired exceedingly, and said: He doeth every thing excellently: he maketh the deaf to hear, and the speechless to talk.
