Mark 7
1 And there are gathered together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which had come from Jerusalem,
Then the Pharisees, with certain Scribes who had come from Jerusalem, came to Him in a body.
2 and had seen that some of his disciples ate their bread with defiled, that is, unwashen, hands.
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 the Jews, except they wash their hands diligently, eat not, holding 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 and [when they come] from the marketplace, except they wash themselves, they eat not: and many other things there be, which they have received to hold, washings of cups, and pots, and brasen vessels.
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 And the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with defiled 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 And he said unto them, Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth 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 But in vain do they worship me, Teaching [as their] doctrines the precepts of men.
But idle is their devotion while they lay down precepts which are mere human rules.'
8 Ye leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men.
"You neglect God's Commandment: you hold fast to men's traditions."
9 And he said unto them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition.
"Praiseworthy indeed!" He added, "to set at nought God's Commandment in order to observe your own traditions!
10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the 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 ye say, If a man shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by 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 ye no longer suffer him to do aught 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 ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do.
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 to him the multitude again, and said unto 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 without the man, that going into him can defile him: but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.
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 And when he was entered into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked of him the parable.
After He had left the crowd and gone indoors, His disciples began to ask Him about this figure of speech.
18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Perceive ye not, that whatsoever from without goeth into the man, [it] 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 goeth not into his heart, but into his belly, and goeth out into the draught? [This he said], making all meats clean.
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 And he said, That which proceedeth out of the man, that defileth the man.
"What comes out of a man," He added, "that it is which makes him unclean.
21 For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,
For from within, out of men's hearts, their evil purposes proceed--fornication, theft, murder, adultery,
22 covetings, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, railing, pride, foolishness:
covetousness, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, reviling, pride, reckless folly:
23 all these evil things proceed from within, and defile the man.
all these wicked things come out from within and make a man unclean."
24 And from thence he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered into a house, and would have no man know it: and he could not be hid.
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 straightway a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down 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. And she besought him that he would cast forth the devil 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 And he said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread and cast 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 and saith unto him, Yea, Lord: even the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.
"True, Sir," she replied, "and yet the dogs under the table eat the children's scraps."
29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.
"For those words of yours, go home," He replied; "the demon has gone out of your daughter."
30 And she went away unto her house, and found the child laid upon the bed, and the devil gone out.
So she went home, and found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.
31 And again he went out from the borders of Tyre, and came through Sidon unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the borders 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 And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to lay his hand upon him.
Here they brought to Him a deaf man that stammered, on whom they begged Him to lay His hands.
33 And he took him aside from the multitude 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 and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto 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 bond of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.
And the man's ears were opened, and his tongue became untied, and he began to speak perfectly.
36 And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published 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 And they were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh even the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
The amazement was extreme. "He succeeds in everything he attempts," they exclaimed; "he even makes deaf men hear and dumb men speak!"
