Mark 7
1 And there assembled together unto him the Pharisees and some of the scribes, coming from Jerusalem.
The Pharisees and religious leaders who had come down from Jerusalem to meet Jesus
2 And when they had seen some of his disciples eat bread with common, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault.
noticed that some of his disciples ate with “unclean” (meaning unwashed) hands.
3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews eat not without often washing their hands, holding the tradition of the ancients:
(The Pharisees and all Jews don't eat until they wash their hands, following the tradition of their ancestors.
4 And when they come from the market, unless they be washed, they eat not: and many other things there are that have been delivered to them to observe, the washings of cups and of pots, and of brazen vessels, and of beds.
In the same way, they don't eat when they return from the market until they have had a wash. They observe many other rituals, like the washing of cups, pots, and pans.)
5 And the Pharisees and scribes asked him: Why do not thy disciples walk according to the tradition of the ancients, but they eat bread with common hands?
So the Pharisees and religious leaders asked Jesus, “Why don't your disciples follow the tradition of our ancestors? They eat food with unclean hands.”
6 But he answering, said to them: Well did Isaias prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
Jesus replied, “Isaiah was right about you hypocrites when he said, ‘These people claim they honor me, but in their thinking they are far from me.
7 And in vain to they worship me, teaching doctrines and precepts of men.
There's no point in their worship of me, for what they teach as doctrines are merely human rules.’
8 For leaving the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, the washing of pots and of cups: and many other things you do like to these.
You disregard God's law, and instead you carefully observe human traditions,” he told them.
9 And he said to them: Well do you make void the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition.
“How cleverly you set aside God's law so you can support your traditions!
10 For Moses said: Honour thy father and thy mother; and He that shall curse father or mother, dying let him die.
Moses said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and ‘Whoever curses their father or mother should die.’
11 But you say: If a man shall say to his father or mother, Corban, (which is a gift, ) whatsoever is from me, shall profit thee.
But you say that if someone tells their father or mother, ‘Anything you might have received from me is now Corban,’ (that means dedicated to God),
12 And further you suffer him not to do any thing for his father or mother,
then you don't permit them to do anything further for their mother or father.
13 Making void the word of God by your own tradition, which you have given forth. And many other such like things you do.
By means of this tradition of yours that you pass down, you make God's word null and void. You do many other things like this.”
14 And calling again the multitude unto him, he said to them: Hear ye me all, and understand.
Jesus called the crowd to him again and told them, “Please, everyone listen to me and understand.
15 There is nothing from without a man that entering into him, can defile him. But the things which come from a man, those are they that defile a man.
It's not what's on the outside and goes into you that makes you unclean. It's what comes out that makes you unclean.”
16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
17 And when he was come into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked him the parable.
Then Jesus went inside to escape the crowd, and his disciples asked him about his illustration.
18 And he saith to them: So are you also without knowledge? understand you not that every thing from without, entering into a man cannot defile him:
“Don't you understand it either?” he asked them. “Don't you see that what you eat doesn't make you unclean?
19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but goeth into the belly, and goeth out into the privy, purging all meats?
It doesn't go into your mind, but into your stomach, and then passes out of the body. So all foods are ceremonially ‘clean.’
20 But he said that the things which come out from a man, they defile a man.
It's what comes out of you that makes you unclean.
21 For from within out of the heart of men proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
It's from the inside, from people's minds, that evil thoughts come: sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.
greed, malice, deceit, indecency, envy, slander, pride, thoughtlessness—
23 All these evil things come from within, and defile a man.
all these evils come from inside and defile people.”
24 And rising from thence he went into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon: and entering into a house, he would that no man should know it, and he could not be hid.
Then Jesus left and went to the region of Tyre. He didn't want anyone to know he was staying in a house there, but he couldn't keep it a secret.
25 For a woman as soon as she heard of him, whose daughter had an unclean spirit, came in and fell down at his feet.
As soon as a woman, whose little daughter had an evil spirit, heard about him she came and fell at his feet.
26 For the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophenician born. And she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
The woman was Greek, born in Syrophoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive out the demon from her daughter.
27 Who said to her: Suffer first the children to be filled: for it is not good to take the bread of the children, and cast it to the dogs.
“First let the children eat until they're full,” Jesus replied. “It's not right to take the children's food and throw it to the dogs.”
28 But she answered and said to him: Yea, Lord; for the whelps also eat under the table of the crumbs of the children.
“True, sir,” she said, “but even the dogs under the table eat the scraps the children leave.”
29 And he said to her: For this saying go thy way, the devil is gone out of thy daughter.
Jesus told her, “For such an answer you may go—the demon has left your daughter.”
30 And when she was come into her house, she found the girl lying upon the bed, and that the devil was gone out.
She went home and found the child lying on the bed, the demon gone.
31 And again going out of the coasts of Tyre, he came by Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
Leaving the region of Tyre, Jesus passed through Sidon and then on to the Sea of Galilee and the territory of the Ten Cities.
32 And they bring to him one deaf and dumb; and they besought him that he would lay his hand upon him.
There they brought him a deaf man who also could not speak properly. They asked Jesus to touch the man with his hand and heal him.
33 And taking him from the multitude apart, he put his fingers into his ears, and spitting, he touched his tongue:
After Jesus took him aside from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers in the deaf man's ears. Then he touched the man's tongue with spit.
34 And looking up to heaven, he groaned, and said to him: Ephpheta, which is, Be thou opened.
Jesus looked up to heaven and with a sigh he said, “Ephphatha,” which means, “Open!”
35 And immediately his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke right.
The man's ears were opened, his speech impediment was gone, and he began speaking properly.
36 And he charged them that they should tell no man. But the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal did they publish it.
Jesus gave strict orders not to tell anyone, but the more he said this, the more they spread the news.
37 And so much the more did they wonder, saying: He hath done all things well; he hath made both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
They were totally amazed and said, “Everything he does is marvelous. He even makes the deaf hear, and the dumb speak.”
