Mark 7
1 The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him.
And there were gathered unto Him the pharisees, and some of the scribes, from Jerusalem;
2 They saw that some of his disciples ate bread with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.
and when they saw some of his disciples eating with impure (that is, unwashed) hands, they found fault:
3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands, because they hold to the tradition of the elders.
for the pharisees, and indeed all the Jews, do not eat till they have washed their hands thoroughly, observing the tradition of the ancients.
4 When the Pharisees come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they bathe themselves, and they hold fast to many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pots, copper vessels, and the couches upon which they eat.)
And when they come from the market, they do not eat till they have washed. And there are many other things, which they have received to observe, as the washing of cups, and pots, and brass-vessels, and seats.
5 The Pharisees and the scribes asked Jesus, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, for they eat their bread with unwashed hands?”
Then the pharisees and the scribes ask Him, Why do not thy disciples walk according to the tradition of the ancients, but eat without washing their hands?
6 But he said to them, “Isaiah prophesied well about you hypocrites. He wrote, 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
But He answered them, Well did Esaias prophesy concerning you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me:
7 Empty worship they offer me, teaching the rules of men as their doctrines.'
and in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the injunctions of men.
8 You abandon the commandment of God and hold fast to the tradition of men.”
For laying aside the commandment of God, ye retain the tradition of men, as the washings of pots and cups, and many other such like things.
9 He also said to them, “How well you reject the commandment of God so you may keep your tradition!
And ye expressly annul the commandment of God, that ye may retain your own tradition;
10 For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of his father or mother will surely die.'
for Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He that revileth father or mother, let him be put to death:
11 But you say, 'If a man says to his father or mother, “Whatever help you would have received from me is Corban”' (that is to say, 'Given to God'),
but ye say, If a man tell his father or mother, That which thou mightest be profited by from me is Corban, (that is, a gift to the temple) it sufficeth:
12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or his mother.
and so ye allow him to do nothing more for his father or his mother:
13 You are making the commandment of God void by your tradition which you have handed down. And many similar things you do.”
making void the word of God by your tradition, And many such like things ye do.
14 He called the crowd again and said to them, “Listen to me, all of you, and understand.
And calling all the people to Him, He said unto them,
15 There is nothing from outside of a person that can defile him when it enters into him. It is what comes out of the person that defiles him.”
Hear me all of you, and understand, There is nothing without a man, which entring into him can defile him: but the things proceeding from him are those which defile a man.
If any one hath ears to hear, let him hear.
17 Now when Jesus left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable.
And when He was come into the house, away from the multitude, his disciples asked Him concerning the meaning of the parable.
18 Jesus said, “Are you also still without understanding? Do you not see that whatever enters into a person from outside cannot defile him,
And He saith unto them, Are ye so void of understanding also? Do ye not know, that whatsoever from without entreth into a man cannot defile him?
19 because it cannot go into his heart, but it goes into his stomach and then passes out into the latrine?” With this statement Jesus declared all foods clean.
because it entreth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all his food.
20 He said, “It is that which comes out of the person that defiles him.
But said He, What cometh out of a man, that defileth the man;
21 For from within a person, out of the heart, proceed evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
for out of the heart of men proceed evil thoughts,
22 adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, folly.
adulteries, fornications, murthers, thefts, avarice, malice, deceit, lasciviousness, envy, slander, pride, folly;
23 All these evils come from within, and they are what defile a person.”
all these evils come from within and defile the man.
24 He got up from there and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. There he went into a house and he wanted no one to know where he was, but he could not be hidden.
And He arose and went from thence to the borders of Tyre and Sidon; and going into a house He would have had no body know it, but He could not be concealed: for a woman,
25 In fact, as soon a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him, she came and fell down at his feet.
whose child was possessed by an evil spirit, having heard of Him, came and fell at his feet,
26 Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by descent. She begged him to cast out the demon from her daughter.
(now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation, ) and she besought Him to cast out the demon from her daughter.
27 He said to her, “Let the children first be fed. For it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.”
But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be satisfied: for it is not fit to take the children's bread, and throw it to the dogs.
28 But she answered and said to him, “Yes, Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs.”
And she answered and said unto Him, True, Lord, yet the dogs under the table, eat of the children's crumbs.
29 He said to her, “Because you have said this, you are free to go. The demon has gone out of your daughter.”
And He said unto her, For this saying, go thy way, the demon is gone out of thy daughter.
30 She went back to her house and found the child lying on the bed, and the demon was gone.
And she went away to her house, and found the demon gone out, and her daughter laid on the bed.
31 Then he went out again from the region of Tyre, and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee up into the region of the Decapolis.
And departing again out of the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, He came to the sea of Galilee thro' the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
32 They brought to him someone who was deaf and had difficulty speaking, and they begged him to lay his hand on him.
And they brought to Him a deaf man, who had likewise an impediment in his speech, and pray Him to put his hand upon him.
33 He took him aside from the crowd privately, and he put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting, he touched his tongue.
And He took him aside out of the croud, and He spit and put his fingers into his ears, and touched his tongue:
34 He looked up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is to say, “Open!”
and looking up to heaven He sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, be opened:
35 At once his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he began to speak plainly.
and immediately his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake distinctly.
36 Jesus ordered them to tell no one. But the more he ordered them, the more abundantly they proclaimed it.
And He charged them to tell no one, but the more He charged them, the more they published it:
37 They were extremely astonished, saying, “He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”
and were exceedingly astonished, saying, He hath done all things well; he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
