Mark 7
1 Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem.
And there gathered about him Pharisees and Scribes, who had come from Jerusalem.
2 Now when they saw that some of his disciples ate bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault.
And they saw some of his disciples eating bread, with their hands unwashed; and they censured it.
3 (For the Pharisees, and all Jewish people, do not eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the Tradition of the Elders.
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 They do not eat when they come from the marketplace unless they wash. And there are many other things which they have received and hold to, the washing of cups and pitchers and copper vessels and dining 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 The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not walk according to the Tradition of the Elders, but eat their bread with unwashed 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 He 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.
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 And in vain do they worship me, teaching instructions that are the commandments of humans.'
And in vain do they give me reverence, while teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.
8 "For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to human tradition."
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 He said to them, "Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may establish your tradition.
He said also to them: Full well do ye spurn the precept of God, that ye may establish your tradition!
10 For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother;' and, 'Anyone who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'
For Moses said: Honor thy father and thy mother; and whoever shall revile his father or his mother, shall surely die.
11 But you say, 'If anyone tells his father or mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban, that is to say, given to God;"'
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 then you no longer allow 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 tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this."
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 he called the crowd to himself again, and 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 of the person, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the person are what defile the person."
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.
Whoever hath ears to hear, let him hear.
17 When he had entered into a house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable.
And when Jesus had entered the house, apart from the multitude, his disciples asked him about this similitude.
18 He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever goes into the person from outside 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 go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, cleansing all the foods?"
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 He said, "That which proceeds 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 a person's heart, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,
For from within, from the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adultery, whoredom,
22 covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.
theft, murder, avarice, malice, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, reviling, haughtiness, folly.
23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man."
All these evil things come from within, and defile a man.
24 From there he arose, and went away into the region of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house, and did not want anyone to know it, but he could not escape notice.
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 young daughter had an unclean spirit heard of him and 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 Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged 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 he said to her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw 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 him, "Yes, Sir. Yet even the dogs under the table eat 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 He said to her, "For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter."
Jesus said to her: Go thou; because of this speech, the demon hath departed from thy daughter.
30 And when she went away to her house, she found the child lying on the bed, the demon having left.
And she went to her house, and found her daughter lying on a bed, and the demon gone from her.
31 Again he departed from the borders of Tyre, and came through Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the region 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 They brought to him one who was deaf and had a speech difficulty, and they begged Jesus to 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 He took him aside from the crowd, privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and 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 Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha." that is, "Be opened."
and looked towards heaven, and sighed, and said to him: Be opened.
35 And his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke clearly.
And immediately his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plainly.
36 He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely 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 They were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak."
And they admired exceedingly, and said: He doeth every thing excellently: he maketh the deaf to hear, and the speechless to talk.
