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Mark 7

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1 The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus

2 and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.

3 (The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders.

4 When they come from the marketplace they do not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles. )

5 So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with defiled hands?”

6 He replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied 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; their teachings are merely human rules.’

8 You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.”

9 And he continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observeyour own traditions!

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

11 But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God)—

12 then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother.

13 Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.”

14 Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this.

15 Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.”

17 After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable.

18 “Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them?

19 For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.” (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.)

20 He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them.

21 For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder,

22 adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.

23 All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”

24 Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence secret.

25 In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an impure spirit came and fell at his feet.

26 The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.

27 “First let the children eat all they want,” he told her, “for it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”

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

29 Then he told her, “For such a reply, you may go; the demon has left your daughter.”

30 She went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.

31 Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.

32 There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged Jesus to place his hand on him.

33 After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then he spit and touched the man’s tongue.

34 He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means “Be opened!”).

35 At this, the man’s ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly.

36 Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it.

37 People were overwhelmed with amazement. “He has done everything well,” they said. “He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”

Lexham English Bible LEB

1 And the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered to him.

2 And they saw that some of his disciples were eating their bread with unclean--that is, unwashed--hands.

3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands {ritually}, [thus] holding fast to the traditions of the elders.

4 And [when they come] from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other [traditions] which they have received [and] hold fast to--[for example,] the washing of cups and pitchers and bronze kettles and dining couches.)

5 And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unclean hands?"

6 So he said to them, "Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written, 'This people honors me with their<note: Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun> lips, but their heart is far, far away from me.

7 And they worship me in vain, teaching [as] doctrines the commandments of men.'

8 Abandoning the commandment of God, you hold fast to the tradition of men."

9 And he said to them, "You splendidly ignore the commandment of God so that you can keep your tradition.

10 For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'The one who speaks evil of father or mother {must certainly die}.'

11 But you say, 'If a man says to his father or to his mother, "Whatever {benefit you would have received} from me [is] corban" (that is, a gift [to God]),

12 you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or his mother,

13 [thus] making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down, and you do many similar [things] such as this."

14 And summoning the crowd again, he said to them, "Listen to me, all [of you], and understand:

15 There is nothing outside of a person that is able to defile him [by] going into him. But the things that go out of a person are the things that defile a person."

17 And when he entered into the house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable.

18 And he said to them, "So are you also without understanding? Do you not understand that everything [that is] outside that goes into a person [is] not able to defile him?

19 For it does not enter into his heart but into his stomach, and goes out into the latrine"--[thus] declaring all foods clean.

20 And he said, "What comes out of a person, that defiles a person.

21 For from within, from the heart of people, come evil plans, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

22 adulteries, [acts of] greed, malicious [deeds], deceit, licentiousness, {envy}, abusive speech, pride, foolishness.

23 All these evil [things] come from within and defile a person."

24 And from there he set out [and] went to the region of Tyre. And [when he] entered into a house, he wanted no one to know, and [yet] he was not able to escape notice.

25 But immediately a woman whose young daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit, [when she] heard about him, came [and] fell down at his feet,

26 Now the woman was a Greek--a Syrophoenician by nationality--and she was asking him that he would expel the demon from her daughter.

27 And he said to her, "Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw [it] to the dogs!"

28 But she answered and said to him, "Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."

29 And he said to her, "Because of this statement, go! The demon has gone out of your daughter."

30 And [when she] went to her home, she found the child lying on the bed and the demon gone.

31 And again he went away from the region of Tyre [and] came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, within the region of the Decapolis.

32 And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had difficulty speaking, and they were imploring him that he would place his hand on him.

33 And he took him away from the crowd by himself [and] put his fingers into his ears, and [after] spitting, he touched his tongue.

34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, "Ephphatha!" (that is, "Be opened!").

35 And his ears were opened and {his difficulty in speaking was removed} and he began to speak normally.

36 And he ordered them that they should say nothing, but as much as he ordered them [not to], they proclaimed [it] even more instead.

37 And they were amazed beyond all measure, saying, "He has done all [things] well! He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak!"