Mark 7
1 The Pharisees and religious leaders who had come down from Jerusalem to meet Jesus
And there came together to him the Pharisees, and some of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem:
2 noticed that some of his disciples ate with “unclean” (meaning unwashed) hands.
and when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with common, that is, with unwashed hands:
3 (The Pharisees and all Jews don't eat until they wash their hands, following the tradition of their ancestors.
(for the Pharisees and all the Jews eat not, unless they wash their hands carefully, because they hold the tradition of the elders:
4 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.)
and when they come from the market, they do not eat, unless they immerse themselves. And there are many other things, which they have received to hold, as the immersion of cups and pitchers and brazen vessels and beds: )
5 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.”
then the Pharisees and the scribes asked him: Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?
6 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.
He answered and said to them: Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
7 There's no point in their worship of me, for what they teach as doctrines are merely human rules.’
In vain do they worship me, teaching precepts, the commandments of men.
8 You disregard God's law, and instead you carefully observe human traditions,” he told them.
For, neglecting the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, the immersion of pitchers and cups; and many other things like these you do.
9 “How cleverly you set aside God's law so you can support your traditions!
And he said to them: Well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition.
10 Moses said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and ‘Whoever curses their father or mother should die.’
For Moses said: Honor your father and your mother; and, He that curses father or mother shall surely be put to death.
11 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),
But you say: If a man shall say to his father or mother, Whatever of mine might benefit you, is Corban, (which means, a gift, )
12 then you don't permit them to do anything further for their mother or father.
you no longer suffer him to do any thing for his father or mother,
13 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.”
making the word of God of no effect by your tradition, which you have delivered; and many things like these you do.
14 Jesus called the crowd to him again and told them, “Please, everyone listen to me and understand.
And he called the whole multitude to him, and said to them: Hear me, all of you, and understand.
15 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.”
There is nothing without that, by entering into a man, can defile him. But those things which come out of the man, defile him.
If any one has ears to hear, let him hear.
17 Then Jesus went inside to escape the crowd, and his disciples asked him about his illustration.
And when he had gone into the house, away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the dark saying.
18 “Don't you understand it either?” he asked them. “Don't you see that what you eat doesn't make you unclean?
And he said to them: Are you also so void of understanding? Do you not perceive that nothing from without, by entering into a man, can defile him?
19 It doesn't go into your mind, but into your stomach, and then passes out of the body. So all foods are ceremonially ‘clean.’
Because it does not enter into his heart, but into his belly, and goes out into the sink, cleansing all food.
20 It's what comes out of you that makes you unclean.
And he said: What comes out of the man, is that which defiles the man.
21 It's from the inside, from people's minds, that evil thoughts come: sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the purposes which are evil: adulteries, lewd actions, murders,
22 greed, malice, deceit, indecency, envy, slander, pride, thoughtlessness—
thefts, schemes for extortion, wicked deeds, deceit, wantonness, an evil eye, calumny, haughtiness, impiety.
23 all these evils come from inside and defile people.”
All these evil things come forth from within, and defile the man.
24 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.
And he arose and departed thence to the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house, and desired that no one should know it; but he could not escape notice.
25 As soon as a woman, whose little daughter had an evil spirit, heard about him she came and fell at his feet.
For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet;
26 The woman was Greek, born in Syrophoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive out the demon from her daughter.
(the woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation, ) and she besought him to cast the demon out of her daughter.
27 “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.”
But Jesus said to her: Let the children be satisfied first; for it is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.
28 “True, sir,” she said, “but even the dogs under the table eat the scraps the children leave.”
She answered and said to him: Yes, Lord; and yet you can help me, for the little dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.
29 Jesus told her, “For such an answer you may go—the demon has left your daughter.”
And he said to her: For this saying, go your way: the demon has gone out of your daughter.
30 She went home and found the child lying on the bed, the demon gone.
And she went to her house, and found the demon gone out, and her daughter lying upon the bed.
31 Leaving the region of Tyre, Jesus passed through Sidon and then on to the Sea of Galilee and the territory of the Ten Cities.
And again he went out from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of Decapolis.
32 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.
And they brought to him a deaf man, who spoke with difficulty; and they besought him to lay his hand upon him.
33 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.
And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;
34 Jesus looked up to heaven and with a sigh he said, “Ephphatha,” which means, “Open!”
and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him: Ephphatha, which means, Be opened.
35 The man's ears were opened, his speech impediment was gone, and he began speaking properly.
And immediately his ears were opened, and the band of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly.
36 Jesus gave strict orders not to tell anyone, but the more he said this, the more they spread the news.
And he charged them to tell no one; but the more he charged them, the more earnestly they published it.
37 They were totally amazed and said, “Everything he does is marvelous. He even makes the deaf hear, and the dumb speak.”
And they were amazed beyond measure, and said: He Las done all things well: he makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak.
