Mark 7
1 And there assembled together unto him the Pharisees and some of the scribes, coming from Jerusalem.
Then the Pharisees, with certain Scribes who had come from Jerusalem, came to Him in a body.
2 And when they had seen some of his disciples eat bread with common, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault.
They had noticed that some of His disciples were eating their food with 'unclean' (that is to say, unwashed) hands.
3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews eat not without often washing their hands, holding the tradition of the ancients:
(For the Pharisees and all the Jews--being, as they are, zealous for the traditions of the Elders--never eat without first carefully washing their hands,
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.
and when they come from market they will not eat without bathing first; and they have a good many other customs which they have received traditionally and cling to, such as the rinsing of cups and pots and of bronze utensils, and the washing of beds.)
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 Scribes put the question to Him: "Why do your disciples transgress the traditions of the Elders, and eat their 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.
"Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites," He replied; "as it is written, "'This People honour Me with their lips, while their hearts are far away from Me:
7 And in vain to they worship me, teaching doctrines and precepts of men.
But idle is their devotion while they lay down precepts which are mere 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 neglect God's Commandment: you hold fast to men's traditions."
9 And he said to them: Well do you make void the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition.
"Praiseworthy indeed!" He added, "to set at nought God's Commandment in order to observe your own traditions!
10 For Moses said: Honour thy father and thy mother; and He that shall curse father or mother, dying let him die.
For Moses said, 'Honour thy father and thy mother' and again, 'He who curses father or mother, let him die the death.'
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, 'If a man says to his father or mother, It is a Korban (that is, a thing devoted to God), whatever it is, which otherwise you would have received from me--'
12 And further you suffer him not to do any thing for his father or mother,
And so you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or mother,
13 Making void the word of God by your own tradition, which you have given forth. And many other such like things you do.
thus nullifying God's precept by your tradition which you have handed down. And many things of that kind you do."
14 And calling again the multitude unto him, he said to them: Hear ye me all, and understand.
Then Jesus called the people to Him again. "Listen to me, all of you," He said, "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.
There is nothing outside a man which entering him can make him unclean; but it is the things which come out of a man that make him 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.
After He had left the crowd and gone indoors, His disciples began to ask Him about this figure of speech.
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:
"Have you also so little understanding?" He replied; "do you not understand that anything whatever that enters a man from outside cannot make him unclean,
19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but goeth into the belly, and goeth out into the privy, purging all meats?
because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and passes away ejected from him?" By these words Jesus pronounced all kinds of food clean.
20 But he said that the things which come out from a man, they defile a man.
"What comes out of a man," He added, "that it is which makes him unclean.
21 For from within out of the heart of men proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
For from within, out of men's hearts, their evil purposes proceed--fornication, theft, murder, adultery,
22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.
covetousness, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, reviling, pride, reckless folly:
23 All these evil things come from within, and defile a man.
all these wicked things come out from within and make a man unclean."
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 He rose and left that place and went into the neighbourhood of Tyre and Sidon. Here He entered a house and wished no one to know it, but He could not escape observation.
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.
Forthwith a woman whose little daughter was possessed by a foul spirit heard of Him, and came and flung herself 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.
She was a Gentile woman, a Syro-phoenician by nation: and again and again she begged Him to expel 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.
"Let the children first eat all they want," He said; "it is not right to take the children's bread 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 replied, "and yet the dogs under the table eat the children's scraps."
29 And he said to her: For this saying go thy way, the devil is gone out of thy daughter.
"For those words of yours, go home," He replied; "the demon has gone out of 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.
So she went home, and found the child lying on the bed, and 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.
Returning from the neighbourhood of Tyre, He came by way of Sidon to the Lake of Galilee, passing through the district of the Ten Towns.
32 And they bring to him one deaf and dumb; and they besought him that he would lay his hand upon him.
Here they brought to Him a deaf man that stammered, on whom they begged Him to lay His hands.
33 And taking him from the multitude apart, he put his fingers into his ears, and spitting, he touched his tongue:
So Jesus taking him aside, apart from the crowd, put His fingers into his ears, and spat, and moistened his tongue;
34 And looking up to heaven, he groaned, and said to him: Ephpheta, which is, Be thou opened.
and looking up to Heaven He sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha!" (that is, "Open!")
35 And immediately his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke right.
And the man's ears were opened, and his tongue became untied, and he began to speak perfectly.
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.
Then Jesus charged them to tell no one; but the more He charged them, all the more did they spread the news far and wide.
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.
The amazement was extreme. "He succeeds in everything he attempts," they exclaimed; "he even makes deaf men hear and dumb men speak!"
