Mark 7
1 One day the Pharisees came to him in a body with some Scribes who had come from Jerusalem.
Καὶ συνάγονται πρὸς αὐτὸν οἱ Φαρισαῖοι καί τινες τῶν γραμματέων, ἐλθόντες ἀπὸ Ἱεροσολύμων,
2 They had noticed that some of his disciples were eating with "common," that is to say, unwashed hands.
καὶ ἰδόντες τινὰς τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ, ὅτι κοιναῖς χερσίν, τοῦτʼ ἔστιν ἀνίπτοις, ἐσθίουσιν τοὺς ἄρτους.
3 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;
(Οἱ γὰρ Φαρισαῖοι καὶ πάντες οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι, ἐὰν μὴ πυγμῇ νίψωνται τὰς χεῖρας οὐκ ἐσθίουσιν, κρατοῦντες τὴν παράδοσιν τῶν πρεσβυτέρων,
4 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.
καὶ ἀπʼ ἀγορᾶς ἐὰν μὴ βαπτίσωνται οὐκ ἐσθίουσιν, καὶ ἄλλα πολλά ἐστιν ἃ παρέλαβον κρατεῖν, βαπτισμοὺς ποτηρίων καὶ ξεστῶν καὶ χαλκίων.)
5 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?"
Καὶ ἐπερωτῶσιν αὐτὸν οἱ Φαρισαῖοι καὶ οἱ γραμματεῖς, “Διὰ τί οἱ μαθηταί σου οὐ περιπατοῦσιν κατὰ τὴν παράδοσιν τῶν πρεσβυτέρων, ἀλλὰ κοιναῖς χερσὶν ἐσθίουσιν τὸν ἄρτον;”
6 "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;
Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, “Καλῶς ἐπροφήτευσεν Ἠσαΐας περὶ ὑμῶν τῶν ὑποκριτῶν, ὡς γέγραπται, ὅτι ‘Οὗτος ὁ λαὸς τοῖς χείλεσίν με τιμᾷ, ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν πόρρω ἀπέχει ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ.
7 But in vain do they worship me, For their teaching is only human precepts.
Μάτην δὲ σέβονταί με, διδάσκοντες διδασκαλίας ἐντάλματα ἀνθρώπων.’
8 "You neglect the commandment of God, and hold fast the traditions of men."
Ἀφέντες τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ, κρατεῖτε τὴν παράδοσιν τῶν ἀνθρώπων.”
9 "It is praiseworthy, is it," he exclaimed, "to reject the command of God that you may keep your tradition!
Καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς, “Καλῶς ἀθετεῖτε τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ, ἵνα τὴν παράδοσιν ὑμῶν τηρήσητε.
10 For although Moses said, Honor your father and mother, and Let him who curses father or mother suffer death,
Μωϋσῆς γὰρ εἶπεν, ‘Τίμα τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα σου’, καί, ‘Ὁ κακολογῶν πατέρα ἢ μητέρα θανάτῳ τελευτάτω.’
11 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),
Ὑμεῖς δὲ λέγετε, ‘Ἐὰν εἴπῃ ἄνθρωπος τῷ πατρὶ ἢ τῇ μητρί, “Κορβᾶν”’, (ὅ ἐστιν “Δῶρον”), ‘“ὃ ἐὰν ἐξ ἐμοῦ ὠφεληθῇς”’,
12 you exempt him from doing any service for his father or mother.
οὐκέτι ἀφίετε αὐτὸν οὐδὲν ποιῆσαι τῷ πατρὶ ἢ τῇ μητρί,
13 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."
ἀκυροῦντες τὸν λόγον τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ τῇ παραδόσει ὑμῶν ᾗ παρεδώκατε. Καὶ παρόμοια τοιαῦτα πολλὰ ποιεῖτε.”
14 Then again he called the crowd to him and said.
Καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος πάλιν τὸν ὄχλον, ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς, “Ἀκούετέ μου πάντες καὶ συνίετε:
15 "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."
οὐδέν ἐστιν ἔξωθεν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου εἰσπορευόμενον εἰς αὐτὸν, ὃ δύναται αὐτὸν κοινῶσαι ἀλλὰ τὰ ἐκ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐκπορευόμενά, ἐστιν τὰ κοινοῦντα τὸν ἄνθρωπον.”
17 After he had left the crowd and gone indoors his disciples began asking him about the parable.
Καὶ ὅτε εἰσῆλθεν εἰς οἶκον ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄχλου, ἐπηρώτων αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ τὴν παραβολήν.
18 "Are even you without understanding?" he said. "Do you not perceive that nothing whatever from without can defile a man by entering him,
Καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς, “Οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀσύνετοί ἐστε; Οὐ νοεῖτε ὅτι πᾶν τὸ ἔξωθεν εἰσπορευόμενον εἰς τὸν ἄνθρωπον, οὐ δύναται αὐτὸν κοινῶσαι,
19 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.
ὅτι οὐκ εἰσπορεύεται αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν καρδίαν, ἀλλʼ εἰς τὴν κοιλίαν, καὶ εἰς τὸν ἀφεδρῶνα ἐκπορεύεται;” (Καθαρίζων πάντα τὰ βρώματα.)
20 "What comes out of a man," he continued, "is what defiles him.
Ἔλεγεν δὲ, ὅτι “Τὸ ἐκ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐκπορευόμενον, ἐκεῖνο κοινοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον.
21 From within, from the heart of man, proceed evil purposes -
Ἔσωθεν γὰρ ἐκ τῆς καρδίας τῶν ἀνθρώπων οἱ διαλογισμοὶ οἱ κακοὶ ἐκπορεύονται, πορνεῖαι, κλοπαί, φόνοι, μοιχεῖαι,
22 fornication, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, wantonness, envy, slander, arrogance, reckless folly -
πλεονεξίαι, πονηρίαι, δόλος, ἀσέλγεια, ὀφθαλμὸς πονηρός, βλασφημία, ὑπερηφανία, ἀφροσύνη.
23 all these wicked things issue from within and defile a man."
Πάντα ταῦτα τὰ πονηρὰ ἔσωθεν ἐκπορεύεται καὶ κοινοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον.”
24 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.
Ἐκεῖθεν δὲ ἀναστὰς, ἀπῆλθεν εἰς τὰ ὅρια Τύρου καὶ Σιδῶνος. Καὶ εἰσελθὼν εἰς οἰκίαν, οὐδένα ἤθελεν γνῶναι, καὶ οὐκ ἠδυνάσθη λαθεῖν.
25 Forthwith a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet
Ἀλλʼ εὐθὺς ἀκούσασα γυνὴ περὶ αὐτοῦ, ἧς εἶχεν τὸ θυγάτριον αὐτῆς πνεῦμα ἀκάθαρτον ἐλθοῦσα, προσέπεσεν πρὸς τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ.
26 (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.
Ἡ δὲ γυνὴ ἦν Ἑλληνίς, Συροφοινίκισσα τῷ γένει, καὶ ἠρώτα αὐτὸν ἵνα τὸ δαιμόνιον ἐκβάλῃ ἐκ τῆς θυγατρὸς αὐτῆς.
27 "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."
Καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτῇ, “Ἄφες πρῶτον χορτασθῆναι τὰ τέκνα, οὐ γάρ ἐστιν καλὸν λαβεῖν τὸν ἄρτον τῶν τέκνων, καὶ τοῖς κυναρίοις βαλεῖν.”
28 "True, Master," she answered, "but the dogs under the table do pick up the children’s crumbs."
Ἡ δὲ ἀπεκρίθη καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ, “Ναί, ˚Κύριε, καὶ τὰ κυνάρια ὑποκάτω τῆς τραπέζης ἐσθίουσιν ἀπὸ τῶν ψιχίων τῶν παιδίων.”
29 "For that saying of yours, go home," he replied; "the demon has departed from your daughter."
Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ, “Διὰ τοῦτον τὸν λόγον ὕπαγε, ἐξελήλυθεν τὸ δαιμόνιον, ἐκ τῆς θυγατρός σου.”
30 So she went home, and found the child lying in her bed and the demon departed.
Καὶ ἀπελθοῦσα εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτῆς, εὗρεν τὸ παιδίον βεβλημένον ἐπὶ τὴν κλίνην, καὶ τὸ δαιμόνιον ἐξεληλυθός.
31 Again he left the region of Tyre, and passed through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, crossing the District of the Ten Towns.
Καὶ πάλιν ἐξελθὼν ἐκ τῶν ὁρίων Τύρου, ἦλθεν διὰ Σιδῶνος εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν τῆς Γαλιλαίας, ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν ὁρίων Δεκαπόλεως.
32 And they brought to him a deaf man who stammered, and begged him to lay his hands upon him.
Καὶ φέρουσιν αὐτῷ κωφὸν καὶ μογιλάλον, καὶ παρακαλοῦσιν αὐτὸν ἵνα ἐπιθῇ αὐτῷ τὴν χεῖρα.
33 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;
Καὶ ἀπολαβόμενος αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄχλου κατʼ ἰδίαν, ἔβαλεν τοὺς δακτύλους αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰ ὦτα αὐτοῦ, καὶ πτύσας, ἥψατο τῆς γλώσσης αὐτοῦ,
34 then looking up to heaven with a sigh, he said to him, "Ephphatha!" (that is, "Be opened.")
καὶ ἀναβλέψας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἐστέναξεν, καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ, “Ἐφφαθά”, ὅ ἐστιν, “Διανοίχθητι”.
35 And his ears were opened and the bond of his tongue was loosened, and he spoke plainly.
Καὶ ἠνοίγησαν αὐτοῦ αἱ ἀκοαί, καὶ ἐλύθη ὁ δεσμὸς τῆς γλώσσης αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐλάλει ὀρθῶς.
36 Then Jesus charged them not to tell any one, but the more he charged them, the more they published it;
Καὶ διεστείλατο αὐτοῖς ἵνα μηδενὶ λέγωσιν. Ὅσον δὲ αὐτοῖς διεστέλλετο, αὐτοὶ μᾶλλον περισσότερον ἐκήρυσσον.
37 and people were amazed beyond measure saying. "How successfully he does things! Even the deaf he makes to hear, and the dumb to speak."
Καὶ ὑπερπερισσῶς ἐξεπλήσσοντο λέγοντες, “Καλῶς πάντα πεποίηκεν, καὶ τοὺς κωφοὺς ποιεῖ ἀκούειν, καὶ ἀλάλους λαλεῖν.”
