Mark 7
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1And the Pharisees and certain of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem; 2and seeing some of his disciples eating bread with defiled hands, that is, unwashed, they found fault. 3(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands up to the wrist, holding the tradition of the elders; 4and when they come from the marketplace, unless they wash, they do not eat; and there are many other things which they have received to hold, washings of cups and pitchers and bronze vessels and dining couches.) 5And the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, "Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat the bread with defiled hands?" 6But he answering said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far away from me; 7but in vain do they worship me, teaching as teachings the commandments of men.' 8Leaving the commandment of God, you are holding the tradition of men—washings of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things." 9And he said to them, "Well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may establish your tradition. 10For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'Whoever speaks evil of father or mother, dying let him die.' 11But you say, 'If a man says to his father or to his mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban, that is, a gift,"' 12you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother, 13invalidating the word of God by your tradition which you handed down; and many such like things you do." 14And having called the crowd to him again, he said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand: 15There is nothing from outside of the man going into him that is able to defile him; but the things going out from the man, those are the things defiling the man. 16If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear." 17And when he entered into a house away from the crowd, his disciples were questioning him concerning the parable. 18And he says to them, "Are you also without understanding? Do you not perceive that whatever from outside is going into the man is not able to defile him, 19because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and goes out into the latrine, purifying all the foods?" 20And he said, "That which is going out from the man, that defiles the man. 21For from within, out of the heart of men, the evil thoughts go out: sexual immoralities, thefts, murders, 22adulteries, covetings, wickednesses, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness; 23all these evil things go out from within and defile the man." 24And rising from there, he went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And entering into a house, he wanted no one to know it, and he could not remain hidden. 25But immediately, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard about him, came and fell at his feet. 26Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race, and she was begging him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter. 27And Jesus said to her, "Let the children first be filled; for it is not good to take the children's bread and to throw it to the little dogs." 28But she answered and says to him, "Yes, Lord; for even the little dogs under the table eat from the little children's crumbs." 29And he said to her, "Because of this word, go your way; the demon has gone out of your daughter." 30And having gone away to her house, she found the child having been laid upon the bed, and the demon having gone out. 31And again having gone out from the borders of Tyre, he came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of the Decapolis. 32And they bring to him a deaf and speech-impeded man, and they beg him that he would lay his hand upon him. 33And taking him aside away from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and having spat, he touched his tongue; 34and looking up to heaven, he groaned, and says to him, "Ephphatha," which is, "Be opened." 35And immediately his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he was speaking correctly. 36And he charged them that they should tell no one; but the more he was charging them, so much the more abundantly they were proclaiming it. 37And they were being beyond measure astonished, saying, "He has done all things well; he makes both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak."
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