Mark 7
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Traditions and Commandments
1 # For ver. 1-30, see Matt. 15:1-28 Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes #ch. 3:22who had come from Jerusalem, 2they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were #[Acts 10:14; Rom. 14:14 (Gk.)]defiled, that is, unwashed. 3(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly,#7:3 Greek unless they wash the hands with a fist, probably indicating a kind of ceremonial washing holding to #Gal. 1:14; Col. 2:8 the tradition of #Heb. 11:2the elders, 4and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash.#7:4 Greek unless they baptize; some manuscripts unless they purify themselves And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as #Heb. 9:10; [John 2:6] the washing of #Matt. 23:25; Luke 11:39cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches.#7:4 Some manuscripts omit and dining couches) 5And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to #[See ver. 3 above] the tradition of #[See ver. 3 above] the elders, #Luke 11:38 but eat with #[See ver. 2 above]defiled hands?” 6And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you #Matt. 23:13 hypocrites, as it is written,
# Cited from Isa. 29:13; [Ezek. 33:31] “‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;
7 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as #
Col. 2:22; Titus 1:14 doctrines the commandments of men.’
8 You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.”
9And he said to them, “You have a fine way of #Luke 7:30; Gal. 2:21 (Gk.); Heb. 10:28 (Gk.)rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition! 10For Moses said, #Cited from Ex. 20:12 ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, #Cited from Ex. 21:17‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ 11But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban”’ (that is, given to God)#7:11 Or an offering— 12then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother, 13thus #Gal. 3:17 (Gk.); [Rom. 2:23]making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do.”
What Defiles a Person
14And he called the people to him again and said to them, #Matt. 13:51“Hear me, all of you, and understand: 15#See Acts 10:14, 15There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.”#7:15 Some manuscripts add verse 16: If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear 17And when he had entered #ch. 9:28 the house and left the people, #[Matt. 13:36; 15:15]his disciples asked him about the parable. 18And he said to them, “Then #ch. 8:17, 18are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, 19since it enters not his heart #[1 Cor. 6:13] but his stomach, and is expelled?”#7:19 Greek goes out into the latrine (#[Luke 11:41; Acts 10:15; 11:9]Thus he declared all foods clean.) 20And he said, #Matt. 12:34; James 3:6“What comes out of a person is what defiles him. 21For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, #Matt. 5:22, 28; See Ex. 20:13, 14, 17murder, adultery, 22coveting, wickedness, deceit, #2 Cor. 12:21; Gal. 5:19; Eph. 4:19; 2 Pet. 2:7; Jude 4 sensuality, #See Matt. 6:23 (Gk.) envy, #Eph. 4:31; Col. 3:8; 1 Tim. 6:4 slander, #See Luke 1:51 pride, #[Eph. 5:17]foolishness. 23#1 Cor. 6:9, 10All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”
The Syrophoenician Woman’s Faith
24And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon.#7:24 Some manuscripts omit and Sidon And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet he could not be hidden. 25But immediately a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard of him and came and fell down at his feet. 26#[John 12:20, 21] Now the woman was a #[1 Cor. 12:13] Gentile, #[Acts 21:2, 3]a Syrophoenician by birth. And she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. 27And he said to her, “Let the children be #[Acts 3:26; Rom. 1:16] fed first, for it is not right to take the children’s bread and #Matt. 7:6throw it to the dogs.” 28But she answered him, “Yes, Lord; yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s #[Luke 16:21]crumbs.” 29And he said to her, “For this statement you may #John 4:50go your way; the demon has left your daughter.” 30And she went home and found the child lying in bed and the demon gone.
Jesus Heals a Deaf Man
31 # For ver. 31-37, [Matt. 15:29-31] Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to #Matt. 4:18; John 6:1 the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the #ch. 5:20; Matt. 4:25Decapolis. 32And they brought to him #Isa. 35:5, 6 a man who was deaf and #Isa. 35:5, 6 had a speech impediment, and they begged him to #See ch. 5:23lay his hand on him. 33And #ch. 8:23taking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and #ch. 8:23after spitting touched his tongue. 34And #See ch. 6:41 looking up to heaven, #ch. 8:12; [John 11:33]he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.” 35#[See ver. 32 above]And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. 36And #ch. 9:9; See Matt. 8:4 Jesus#7:36 Greek he charged them to tell no one. But #ch. 1:45; Matt. 9:31the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. 37And they were #ch. 10:26astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”
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Mark 7
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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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