Mark 7
1 Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem.
Then the Pharisees, with certain Scribes who had come from Jerusalem, came to Him in a body.
2 Now when they saw that some of his disciples ate bread with defiled, that is, 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 Jewish people, do not eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the Tradition of the Elders.
(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 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 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 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?"
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 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.
"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 do they worship me, teaching instructions that are the commandments of humans.'
But idle is their devotion while they lay down precepts which are mere human rules.'
8 "For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to human tradition."
"You neglect God's Commandment: you hold fast to men's traditions."
9 He said to them, "Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may establish your tradition.
"Praiseworthy indeed!" He added, "to set at nought God's Commandment in order to observe your own traditions!
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, 'Honour thy father and thy mother' and again, 'He who curses father or mother, let him die the death.'
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 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 then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his 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 tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this."
thus nullifying God's precept by your tradition which you have handed down. And many things of that kind you do."
14 And he called the crowd to himself again, and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, 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 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 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."
17 When he had entered into a house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable.
After He had left the crowd and gone indoors, His disciples began to ask Him about this figure of speech.
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,
"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 does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, cleansing all the foods?"
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 He said, "That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.
"What comes out of a man," He added, "that it is which makes him unclean.
21 For from within, out of a person's heart, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,
For from within, out of men's hearts, their evil purposes proceed--fornication, theft, murder, adultery,
22 covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.
covetousness, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, reviling, pride, reckless folly:
23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man."
all these wicked things come out from within and make a man unclean."
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.
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 But immediately a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit heard of him and came and fell 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 Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon 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 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."
"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 him, "Yes, Sir. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."
"True, Sir," she replied, "and yet the dogs under the table eat the children's scraps."
29 He said to her, "For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter."
"For those words of yours, go home," He replied; "the demon has gone out of your daughter."
30 And when she went away to her house, she found the child lying on the bed, the demon having left.
So she went home, and found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.
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.
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 They brought to him one who was deaf and had a speech difficulty, and they begged Jesus to lay his hand on him.
Here they brought to Him a deaf man that stammered, on whom they begged Him to lay His hands.
33 He took him aside from the crowd, privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and 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 Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha." that is, "Be opened."
and looking up to Heaven He sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha!" (that is, "Open!")
35 And his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke clearly.
And the man's ears were opened, and his tongue became untied, and he began to speak perfectly.
36 He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed 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 They were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak."
The amazement was extreme. "He succeeds in everything he attempts," they exclaimed; "he even makes deaf men hear and dumb men speak!"
