Mark 7

BLB^{(i) 1} And the Pharisees and some of the scribes, having come from Jerusalem, are gathered together to Him. ² And they had seen that some of His disciples are eating the bread with defiled, that is, unwashed hands. ³ For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash the hands carefully, holding the tradition of the elders; ⁴ and on coming from the market, they do not eat unless they wash; and there are many other things which they received, for them to hold to—washings of cups and vessels and utensils and couches for dining. ⁵ And the Pharisees and the scribes questioned Him, “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat the bread with unwashed hands?” ⁶ And He said to them, “Isaiah prophesied rightly concerning you hypocrites, as it has been written: ‘This people honors Me with the lips, but their heart is kept far away from Me; ⁷ and they worship Me in vain, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’ ⁸ Having neglected the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men.” ⁹ And He was saying to them, “Neatly do you set aside the commandment of God, that you might keep your tradition. ¹⁰ For Moses said, ‘Honor your Father and your mother,’ and, ‘The one speaking evil of father or mother must surely die.’ ¹¹ But you say that if a man says to the father or the mother, ‘Whatever you might be profited from me, it is Corban,’ that is, a gift, ¹² no longer do you permit him to do anything for the father or the mother, ¹³ making void the word of God for your tradition, which you have handed down. And you do many things like such.” ¹⁴ And having summoned the crowd again, He was saying to them, “Listen to Me, all, and understand: ¹⁵ There is nothing from outside the man entering into him which is able to defile him; but the things proceeding out of the man are the things defiling the man.” ^{16 17} And when He went into the house from the crowd, His disciples were asking Him the parable. ¹⁸ And He says to them, “Thus are you also without understanding? Do you not understand that everything entering into the man from outside is not able to defile him, ¹⁹ because it does not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and goes out into the sewer?” (Thus purifying all foods.) ²⁰ And He was saying, “That going forth out of the man, that defiles the man. ²¹ For from within the heart of men go forth evil thoughts, sexual immorality, thefts, murders, adulteries, ²² covetous desires, wickednesses, deceit, sensuality, an evil eye, slander, pride, foolishness. ²³ All these evils go forth from within, and they defile the man.” ²⁴ And from there having risen up, He went away into the region of Tyre. And having entered into a house, He was wishing no one to know it, but He was not able to be hidden. ²⁵ But immediately, having heard about Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having come, fell at His feet. ²⁶ Now the woman was Gentile, Syrophoenician by race, and kept asking Him that He should cast forth the demon out of her daughter. ²⁷ And He was saying to her, “Permit the children to be satisfied first; for it is not good to take the children’s bread and to cast it to the dogs.” ²⁸ But she answered and says to Him, “Yes, Lord, even the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.” ²⁹ And He said to her, “Because of this word, go; the demon has gone forth out of your daughter.” ³⁰ And having gone away to her home, she found the child lying on the bed, and the demon having gone out. ³¹ And again having departed from the region of Tyre, He came through Sidon, to the Sea of Galilee, through the midst of the region of the Decapolis. ³² And they bring to Him a man who was deaf and who spoke with difficulty, and they implore Him that He might lay the hand on him. ³³ And having taken him away from the crowd privately, He put His fingers to his ears, and having spit, He touched his tongue, ³⁴ and having looked up to heaven He sighed deeply, and He says to him, “Ephphatha!” (that is, “Be opened!”). ³⁵ And immediately his ears were opened, and the band of his tongue was loosed, and he began speaking plainly. ³⁶ And He instructed them that they should tell no one. But as much as He kept instructing them, they were proclaiming it more abundantly. ³⁷ And they were astonished above measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”