Mark 7
7
1 And the Pharisees and some of the scribes, arriving from Jerusalem, gathered together before him.
2 And when they had seen certain ones from his disciples eating bread with common hands, that is, with unwashed hands, they disparaged them.
3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat without repeatedly washing their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders.
4 And when returning from the market, unless they wash, they do not eat. And there are many other things which have been handed down to them to observe: the washings of cups, and pitchers, and bronze containers, and beds.
5 And so the Pharisees and the scribes questioned him: "Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but they eat bread with common hands?"
6 But in response, he said to them: "So well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, just as it has been written: 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
7 And in vain do they worship me, teaching the doctrines and precepts of men.'
8 For abandoning the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men, to the washing of pitchers and cups. And you do many other things similar to these."
9 And he said to them: "You effectively nullify the precept of God, so that you may observe your own tradition.
10 For Moses said: 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever will have cursed father or mother, let him die a death.'
11 But you say, 'If a man will have said to his father or mother: Korban, (which is a gift) whatever is from me will be to your benefit,'
12 then you do not release him to do anything for his father or mother,
13 rescinding the word of God through your tradition, which you have handed down. And you do many other similar things in this way."
14 And again, calling the crowd to him, he said to them: "Listen to me, all of you, and understand.
15 There is nothing from outside a man which, by entering into him, is able to defile him. But the things which procede from a man, these are what pollute a man.
16 Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear."
17 And when he had entered into the house, away from the crowd, his disciples questioned him about the parable.
18 And he said to them: "So, are you also without prudence? Do you not understand that everything entering to a man from outside is not able to pollute him?
19 For it does not enter into his heart, but into the gut, and it exits into the sewer, purging all foods."
20 "But," he said "the things which go out from a man, these pollute a man.
21 For from within, from the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
22 thefts, avarice, wickedness, deceitfulness, homosexuality, an evil eye, blasphemy, self-exaltation, foolishness.
23 All these evils procede from within and pollute a man."
24 And rising up, he went from there to the area of Tyre and Sidon. And entering into a house, he intended no one to know about it, but he was not able to remain hidden.
25 For a woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit, as soon as she heard about him, entered and fell prostrate at his feet.
26 For the woman was a Gentile, by birth a Syro-Phoenician. And she petitioned him, so that he would cast the demon from her daughter.
27 And he said to her: "First allow the sons to have their fill. For it is not good to take away the bread of the sons and throw it to the dogs."
28 But she responded by saying to him: "Certainly, Lord. Yet the young dogs also eat, under the table, from the crumbs of the children."
29 And he said to her, "Because of this saying, go; the demon has gone out of your daughter."
30 And when she had gone to her house, she found the girl lying on the bed; and the demon had gone away.
31 And again, departing from the borders of Tyre, he went by way of Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the area of the Ten Cities.
32 And they brought someone who was deaf and mute to him. And they begged him, so that he would lay his hand upon him.
33 And taking him away from the crowd, he put his fingers into his ears; and spitting, he touched his tongue.
34 And gazing up to heaven, he groaned and said to him: "Ephphatha," which is, "Be opened."
35 And immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke correctly.
36 And he instructed them not to tell anyone. But as much as he instructed them, so much more did they preach about it.
37 And so much more did they wonder, saying: "He has done all things well. He has caused both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak."
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Mark 7
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The Traditions of the Elders
1The#Mt 15:1–20 Pharisees#Mk 7:3 and some of the scribes#Mt 2:4 who had come from Jerusalem#Mt 23:37 gathered around him. 2They observed that some of his disciples were eating bread with unclean#Ac 10:28 — that is, unwashed — hands. 3(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, keeping the tradition of the elders. 4When they come from the marketplace,#Mk 6:56 they do not eat unless they have washed.#Heb 6:2; 9:10 And there are many other customs they have received and keep, like the washing of cups, pitchers, kettles, and dining couches.#7:4 Other mss omit and dining couches#Lk 5:18) 5So the Pharisees#Mk 7:3 and the scribes#Mt 2:4 asked him, “Why don’t your disciples live#7:5 Lit walk according to the tradition of the elders,#3Jn 1 instead of eating bread with ceremonially unclean#7:5 Other mss read with unwashed hands?”
6He answered them, “Isaiah#Mt 3:3; 4:14; 12:17 prophesied#Jn 11:51 correctly about you hypocrites,#Lk 6:42 as it is written: #Ac 15:15
This people honors #
1Tm 5:3
me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me.
7 They worship me in vain,
teaching #
Mt 28:20; Ac 4:2; 2Tm 4:11 as doctrines#Rm 15:4 human commands.#7:6–7Is 29:13#Is 29:13; Col 2:22
8 Abandoning the command of God, you hold on to human tradition.” # 7:8 Other mss add The washing of jugs, and cups, and many other similar things you practice. 9He also said to them, “You have a fine way of invalidating God’s command in order to set up#7:9 Or to maintain your tradition! 10For Moses#Ps 77:20; Mt 8:4; Heb 3:2 said: Honor your father and your mother; #7:10Ex 20:12; Dt 5:16#Ex 20:12; Dt 5:16 and Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.#7:10 Ex 21:17; Lv 20:9#Ex 21:17; Lv 20:9 11But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or mother: Whatever benefit#Mk 5:26 you might have received from me is corban’” (that is, an offering#Heb 5:1; 9:9; 11:4 devoted to God), 12“you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother. 13You nullify the word of God#Mk 4:14; Lk 8:21; Jn 18:32 by your tradition that you have handed#Jd 3 down. And you do many other similar things.”
14Summoning#Lk 18:16 the crowd again, he told them, “Listen to me, all of you, and understand:#Mt 13:13 15Nothing that goes into a person from outside can defile him but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.”#7:15 Some mss include v. 16: “If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen.”
17When he went into the house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable. 18He said to them, “Are you also as lacking in understanding? Don’t you realize that nothing going into a person from the outside can defile him? 19For it doesn’t go into his heart but into the stomach#Php 3:19 and is eliminated” (thus he declared all foods clean#1Jn 1:7). 20And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. 21For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities,#1Th 4:3 thefts, murders,#Pr 1:16 22adulteries,#Nm 5:11 greed,#Eph 5:3 evil actions, deceit,#Ps 10:7 self-indulgence,#Rm 13:13; 2Co 12:21; Gl 5:19; Eph 4:19; 1Pt 4:3; 2Pt 2:2,7,18 envy,#7:22 Or evil eye slander,#Jn 10:33; Rv 13:6 pride,#Ps 17:10 and foolishness.#2Co 11:1 23All these evil things come from within and defile a person.”
A Gentile Mother’s Faith
24He got up and departed from#Mt 15:21–28 there to the region of Tyre.#7:24 Many early mss add and Sidon#Ac 21:7 He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it, but he could not escape notice. 25Instead, immediately after hearing about him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit#Lk 11:24 came and fell at his feet.#Lk 8:47 26The woman was a Gentile,#7:26 Or a Greek (speaker)#Ac 17:12 a Syrophoenician by birth, and she was asking him to cast the demon#Mk 3:15; Rv 9:20; 18:2 out of her daughter. 27He said to her, “Let the children be fed first, because it isn’t right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”#Ex 22:31
28But she replied to him, “Lord,#Lk 10:1 even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
29Then he told her, “Because of this reply, you may go. The demon has left your daughter.” 30When she went back to her home, she found her child lying on the bed, and the demon was gone.
Jesus Does Everything Well
31Again, leaving the region of Tyre,#Ac 21:7 he went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee,#Mt 4:18; 15:29; Mk 1:16; Jn 6:1 through#7:31 Or into the region of the Decapolis.#Mt 4:25; Mk 5:20 32They brought to him a deaf#Lk 7:22 man who had difficulty speaking#Ex 4:11; Is 35:6; 56:10 and begged Jesus to lay his hand on#1Tm 5:22 him. 33So he took him away from the crowd in private. After putting his fingers in the man’s ears and spitting,#Jn 9:6 he touched his tongue. 34Looking up to heaven,#Mt 24:35; Lk 12:33; Ac 17:24; Eph 6:9; Rv 21:10 he sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” #7:34 An Aramaic expression (that is, “Be opened!”). 35Immediately his ears were opened,#Phm 10 his tongue was loosened, and he began to speak clearly.#Lk 20:21 36He ordered them to tell no one,#Mk 1:44; Lk 8:56 but the more he ordered them, the more they proclaimed it.#Mk 1:4
37They were extremely astonished and said, “He has done everything well.#Gn 1:31 He even makes the deaf#Lk 7:22 hear and the mute speak.”#Mk 9:17
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