Mark 7

1 Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus.

2 And seeing some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled (that is, unwashed), they found fault.

3 Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands ceremonially.

4 And on returning from the market, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions for them to observe, including the washing of cups, pitchers, kettles, and couches for dining.

5 So the Pharisees and scribes questioned Jesus: “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders? Instead, they eat with unwashed hands.”

6 Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.

7 They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’

8 You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men—the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other similar things you do.”

9 He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition.

10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

11 But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is Corban’ (that is, a gift devoted to God),

12 he is no longer permitted to do anything for his father or mother.

13 Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”

14 Once again Jesus called the whole crowd to Him and said, “All of you, listen to Me and understand:

15 Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him.

16 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”

17 After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples inquired about the parable.

18 “Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,

19 because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated, thus purifying all foods.”

20 He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him.

21 For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, adultery, sexual immorality, murder, theft,

22 greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.

23 All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.”

24 Jesus left that place and went to the region of Tyre and Sidon. Not wanting anyone to know He was there, He entered a house, but was unable to escape their notice.

25 For a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard about Jesus, and she came and fell at His feet.

26 Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.

27 “First let the children have their fill,” Jesus said. “For it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”

28 “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “for even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”

29 Then Jesus told her, “Because of this answer, you may go. The demon has left your daughter.”

30 And she went home and found the demon was gone, and her daughter was lying on the bed.

31 Then Jesus left the region of Tyre and Sidon and went toward the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.

32 Some people brought to Him a man who was deaf and hardly able to speak, and they begged Jesus to place His hand on him.

33 So Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, and put His fingers into the man’s ears. Then He spit and touched the man’s tongue.

34 And looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means, “Be opened!”).

35 Immediately the man’s ears were opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak plainly.

36 Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more He ordered them, the more widely they proclaimed it.

37 The people were utterly astonished and said, “He has done all things well! He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!”

1 ¶ Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.

2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.

3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash [their] hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

4 And [when they come] from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, [as] the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.

5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?

6 He answered and said unto them, ‹Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with› [their] ‹lips, but their heart is far from me.›

7 ‹Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching› [for] ‹doctrines the commandments of men.›

8 ‹For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men,› [as] ‹the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.›

9 And he said unto them, ‹Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.›

10 ‹For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:›

11 ‹But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother,› [It is] ‹Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;› [he shall be free].

12 ‹And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;›

13 ‹Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.›

14 And when he had called all the people [unto him], he said unto them, ‹Hearken unto me every one› [of you], ‹and understand:›

15 ‹There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.›

16 ‹If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.›

17 And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

18 And he saith unto them, ‹Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man,› [it] ‹cannot defile him;›

19 ‹Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?›

20 And he said, ‹That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.›

21 ‹For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,›

22 ‹Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:›

23 ‹All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.›

24 ¶ And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know [it]: but he could not be hid.

25 For a [certain] woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:

26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

27 But Jesus said unto her, ‹Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast› [it] ‹unto the dogs.›

28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

29 And he said unto her, ‹For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.›

30 And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.

31 ¶ And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.

32 And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.

33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;

34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, ‹Ephphatha,› that is, Be opened.

35 And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.

36 And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published [it];

37 And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

1 And there came unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes which were come from Jerusalem.

2 And when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with unclean hands, that is, with unwashen hands, they promised.

3 For the Pharisees and all the Jews eat not, but wash their hands sometimes: so they keep the statutes of the ancients.

4 And when they come from the market, they eat not, but wash themselves. And the thing is much that they have accepted to keep, to wash of drinking vessels, and pitchers, and vessels of brass, and tables.

5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him: Why do not thy disciples walk in the statutes of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?

6 And he answered and said unto them: Well hath Isaiah prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written: This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

7 But it is in vain that they minister unto me, because they teach such doctrine as is not the commandment of men.

8 Ye forsake the commandment of God, and keep the ordinances of men, to wash of pitchers and vessels of drink: and ye do much of the same.

9 And he said unto them: Well have ye kept the commandment of God, that ye may keep your statutes.

10 For Moses said, Thou shalt honour thy father and thy mother: and: He that curseth father or mother shall surely be put to death:

11 And ye teach, If a man say unto his father, or to his mother, Korban, that is, If I offer it, it is much more profitable for thee; he doeth well.

12 And henceforth ye shall not let him do anything to his father or to his mother.

13 And lift up the word of God by your statutes which ye have set up: and ye do much of the same.

14 And he called all the people unto him, and said unto them: Listen to me, all of you, and hear.

15 There is nothing beside man, if it enter into him, to make him vile: but that which proceedeth out of him, the same is it that maketh man vile.

16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

17 And when he was come into the house from among the people, his disciples asked him this parable

18 And he said unto them, Are ye also so foolish? Do ye not yet understand that all things which are without, and which enter into a man, cannot make him mean?

19 For it entereth not into his heart, but into his belly, and goeth out by the natural process, which eateth all meat.

20 And he said, That which cometh out of a man maketh a man common.

21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

22 thievery, avarice, roguishness; cunning, fornication, roguishness, blasphemy, arrogance, unreasonableness.

23 all these evil pieces go out from within and make man mean.

24 And he arose, and went from thence into the border of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would not let any man know it, and yet could not be hid.

25 For a certain woman had heard of him, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit. And she came and fell down at his feet.

26 (and she was a Greek woman of Syro-Phoenicia); and she besought him that he would cast out devils from her daughter.

27 And JESUS said unto her, Let the children first be filled. It is not good to take the children's bread, and cast it to the dogs.

28 And she answered and said unto him, Yea, Lord; but yet the little dogs eat under the table of the children's crumbs.

29 And he said unto her, For the word's sake go thy way: the devil is departed from thy daughter.

30 And she went into her house, and found the devil gone out, and her daughter lying in her bed.

31 And when he was gone out again from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, into the midst of the border of the ten cities.

32 And they brought unto him a dove that was dumb: and they besought him to lay his hand upon him.

33 And he took him specially from among the people, and put his fingers in his ears, and spit upon his tongue, and stirred it.

34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said unto him, Hephatha; that is, Arise.

35 And straightway his ears were opened, and the band of his tongue was loosed, and he spake right.

36 And he forbade them, that they should tell no man. But the more he forbade, the more they spread it abroad.

37 And they marvelled exceedingly, and said: He hath made all things well: the deaf he maketh to hear, and the speechless to speak].