Mark 7
1 Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem.
One day the Pharisees came to him in a body with some Scribes who had come from Jerusalem.
2 Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is unwashed, hands, they found fault.
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 don’t eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to 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 They don’t eat when they come from the marketplace unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.)
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 The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why don’t your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed 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 He answered 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.
"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 They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’
But in vain do they worship me, For their teaching is only human precepts.
8 “For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men—the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things.”
"You neglect the commandment of God, and hold fast the traditions of men."
9 He said to them, “Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you 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 your father and your mother;’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’
For although Moses said, Honor your father and mother, and Let him who curses father or mother suffer death,
11 But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban,”’” that is to say, given to God,
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 “then you no longer allow him 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 you have handed down. You do many things like this.”
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 He called all the multitude to himself and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand.
Then again he called the crowd to him and said.
15 There is nothing from outside of the man that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the 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."
16 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”
17 When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.
After he had left the crowd and gone indoors his disciples began asking him about the parable.
18 He said to them, “Are you also without understanding? Don’t you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can’t 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 doesn’t go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, making all foods clean?”
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 He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.
"What comes out of a man," he continued, "is what defiles him.
21 For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,
From within, from the heart of man, proceed evil purposes -
22 covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.
fornication, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, wantonness, envy, slander, arrogance, reckless folly -
23 All these evil things come from within and defile the man.”
all these wicked things issue from within and defile a man."
24 From there he arose and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house and didn’t want anyone to know it, but he couldn’t 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 For 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 an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell 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.
(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 But Yeshua 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 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 him, “Yes, Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
"True, Master," she answered, "but the dogs under the table do pick up the children’s crumbs."
29 He said to her, “For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter.”
"For that saying of yours, go home," he replied; "the demon has departed from your daughter."
30 She went away to her house, and found the child having been laid on the bed, with the demon gone out.
So she went home, and found the child lying in her bed and the demon departed.
31 Again he departed from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee through the middle of the region 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 They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him.
And they brought to him a deaf man who stammered, and begged him to lay his hands upon him.
33 He took him aside from the multitude privately and put his fingers into his ears; and he spat and 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 Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said 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 Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke clearly.
And his ears were opened and the bond of his tongue was loosened, and he spoke 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.
Then Jesus charged them not to tell any one, but the more he charged them, the more they published 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 people were amazed beyond measure saying. "How successfully he does things! Even the deaf he makes to hear, and the dumb to speak."
