Mark 7
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v1
Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem.
v2
Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is unwashed, hands, they found fault.
v3
(For the Pharisees and all the Jews donโt eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.
v4
They donโt 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.)
v5
The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, โWhy donโt your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?โ
v6
He answered them, โWell did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, โThis people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
v7
But they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.โ
v8
โFor you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of menโthe washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things.โ
v9
He said to them, โFull well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.
v10
For Moses said, โHonor your father and your mother;โ
v11
But you say, โIf a man tells his father or his mother, โWhatever profit you might have received from me is Corban,โโโ that is to say, given to God,
v12
โthen you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,
v13
making void the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down. You do many things like this.โ
v14
He called all the multitude to himself, and said to them, โHear me, all of you, and understand.
v15
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.
v16
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!โ
v17
When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.
v18
He said to them, โAre you also without understanding? Donโt you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside canโt defile him,
v19
because it doesnโt go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, making all foods clean?โ
v20
He said, โThat which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.
v21
For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,
v22
covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.
v23
All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.โ
v24
From there he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house, and didnโt want anyone to know it, but he couldnโt escape notice.
v25
For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.
v26
Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.
v27
But Jesus said to her, โLet the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the childrenโs bread and throw it to the dogs.โ
v28
But she answered him, โYes, Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the childrenโs crumbs.โ
v29
He said to her, โFor this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter.โ
v30
She went away to her house, and found the child having been laid on the bed, with the demon gone out.
v31
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.
v32
They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him.
v33
He took him aside from the multitude, privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue.
v34
Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, โEphphatha!โ that is, โBe opened!โ
v35
Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke clearly.
v36
He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it.
v37
They were astonished beyond measure, saying, โHe has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak!โ