Mark 7
1 And there come together to him the Pharisees, and some of the scribes, who came from Jerusalem;
One day the Pharisees came to him in a body with some Scribes who had come from Jerusalem.
2 and seeing some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed hands,
They had noticed that some of his disciples were eating with "common," that is to say, unwashed hands.
3 (for the Pharisees, and all the Jews, unless they wash their hands often, do not eat, holding fast the tradition of the elders;
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;
4 and on coming from the marketplace, unless they bathe, they do not eat; and there are many other things which they have received to hold, the dipping of cups, and pitchers, and brazen vessels; )
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.
5 then the Pharisees and scribes ask him, Why do not thy disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with defiled hands?
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?"
6 And he said to them, Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, “This people honoreth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
"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;
7 But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.”
But in vain do they worship me, For their teaching is only human precepts.
8 Laying aside, the commandment of God, ye hold fast the tradition of men.
"You neglect the commandment of God, and hold fast the traditions of men."
9 And he said to them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition!
"It is praiseworthy, is it," he exclaimed, "to reject the command of God that you may keep your tradition!
10 For Moses said, “Honor thy father and thy mother;” and, “He that curseth father or mother, let him surely die.”
For although Moses said, Honor your father and mother, and Let him who curses father or mother suffer death,
11 But ye say, If a man say to his father or mother, Whatever thou mightst receive in aid from me is Corban, that is, a gift to God, [[he is not bound by the command. Thus]]
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),
12 ye suffer him no longer to do anything for his father or his mother;
you exempt him from doing any service for his father or mother.
13 making void the word of God by your tradition, which ye have handed down; and many such things ye do.
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."
14 And again calling the multitude to him, he said to them, Hearken to me all of you, and understand.
Then again he called the crowd to him and said.
15 Nothing that entereth into a man from without can defile him; but the things that come out of him are what defile a man.
"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."
17 And when he had gone into the house from the crowd, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
After he had left the crowd and gone indoors his disciples began asking him about the parable.
18 And he saith to them, Are ye too so without discernment? Do ye not understand that whatever thing from without entereth into a man, cannot defile him?
"Are even you without understanding?" he said. "Do you not perceive that nothing whatever from without can defile a man by entering him,
19 because it entereth not into his heart, but into the stomach; and goeth out into the drain, which cleanseth all kinds of food.
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.
20 And he said, That which cometh out of a man, that defileth a man.
"What comes out of a man," he continued, "is what defiles him.
21 For from within, out of the heart of men, come forth evil thoughts, fornications,
From within, from the heart of man, proceed evil purposes -
22 thefts, murders, adulteries, covetousness, iniquities, deceit, wantonness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.
fornication, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, wantonness, envy, slander, arrogance, reckless folly -
23 All these evil things come from within, and defile a man.
all these wicked things issue from within and defile a man."
24 And rising up, he departed thence into the borders of Tyre; and entering into a house, he desired that no one should know it; but he could not escape notice.
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.
25 But a woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, immediately hearing of him, came in, and fell at his feet.
Forthwith a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet
26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast out the demon from her daughter.
(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.
27 And he said to her, Let the children be filled first; for it is not well to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs.
"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."
28 But she answered, and saith to him, Yea, Lord; even the little dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.
"True, Master," she answered, "but the dogs under the table do pick up the children’s crumbs."
29 And he said to her, For this saying go thy way; the demon hath gone out of thy daughter.
"For that saying of yours, go home," he replied; "the demon has departed from your daughter."
30 And going away to her house, she found the child laid upon the bed, and the demon gone out.
So she went home, and found the child lying in her bed and the demon departed.
31 And again leaving the borders of Tyre, he came through Sidon to the lake of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of Decapolis.
Again he left the region of Tyre, and passed through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, crossing the District of the Ten Towns.
32 And they bring to him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech, and beseech him to lay his hand upon him.
And they brought to him a deaf man who stammered, and begged him to lay his hands upon him.
33 And taking him aside from the multitude, he put his fingers into his ears, and having spit, touched his tongue;
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;
34 and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
then looking up to heaven with a sigh, he said to him, "Ephphatha!" (that is, "Be opened.")
35 And his ears were opened; and the string of his tongue was immediately loosed, and he spoke plain.
And his ears were opened and the bond of his tongue was loosened, and he spoke plainly.
36 And he charged them to tell no one; but the more he charged them, the more did they publish it.
Then Jesus charged them not to tell any one, but the more he charged them, the more they published it;
37 And they were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well; he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
and people were amazed beyond measure saying. "How successfully he does things! Even the deaf he makes to hear, and the dumb to speak."
