The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Mark 07
1 Then the Pharisees and some of the
scribes gathered together to him, having
come from Jerusalem.
2 Now when they saw some of his
disciples eating bread with defiled, that is
unwashed, hands, they found fault.
3 (For the Pharisees and allthe Jews don’t
eat unless they wash their hands and forearms,
holding to the tradition ofthe elders.
4 They don’t eat when they come from
the marketplace unless they bathe themselves,
and there are many other things which they
have received to hold to: washings of cups,
pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.)
5 The Pharisees and the scribes asked
him, “Why don’t your disciples walk
according to the tradition of the elders, but
eat their bread with unwashed hands?”
6 He answered them, “Well did Isaiah
prophesy of you hypocrites, as itis written,
‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me.
7 They worship me in vain,
teaching as doctrines the
commandments of men.’*
8 “For you set aside the commandment
of God, and hold tightly to the tradition
of men—the washing of pitchers and cups,
and you do many other such things.”
9 He said to them, “Full well do you reject
the commandment of God, that you may
keep your tradition.
10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father
and your mother;’* and, ‘He who speaks
evil of father or mother, let him be put to
death.’*
11 But you say, ‘If a man tells his father
or his mother, “Whatever profit you might
have received from me is Corban,” ’ ”† that
is to say, given to God,
12 “then you no longer allow him to do
anything for his father or his mother,
13 making void the word of God by your
tradition which you have handed down.
You do many things like this.”
14 He called all the multitude to himself
and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and
understand.
15 There is nothing from outside of the
manthat going intohimcandefilehim; but
the things which proceed out of the man
are those that defile the man.
16 If anyone has ears to hear, let him
hear!”‡
17 When he had entered into a house
away from the multitude, his disciples
asked him about the parable.
18 He said to them, “Are you also without
understanding? Don’t you perceive that
whatever goes into the man from outside
can’t defile him,
19 because it doesn’t go into his heart,
but into his stomach, then into the latrine,
making all foods clean?Ӥ
20 He said, “That which proceeds out of
the man, that defiles the man.
21 For from within, out of the hearts
of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries,
sexual sins, murders, thefts,
22 covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful
desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and
foolishness.
23 All these evil things come from within
and defile the man.”
24 From there he arose and went away
into the borders of Tyre and Sidon.
He entered into a house and didn’t want anyone
to know it, but he couldn’t escape notice.
25 For a woman whose little daughter
hadanuncleanspirit, havingheardofhim,
came and fell down at his feet.
26 Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician
by race. She begged him that he would
cast the demon out of her daughter.
27 But Jesus said to her, “Let the children
be filled first, for it is not appropriate to
take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
28 But she answered him, “Yes, Lord. Yet
even the dogs under the table eat the
children’s crumbs.”
29 He said to her, “For this saying, go
your way. The demon has gone out of your
daughter.”
30 She went away to her house, and
found the child having been laid on the
bed, with the demon gone out.
31 Again he departed from the borders
of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the sea of
Galilee through the middle of the region of
Decapolis.
32 They brought to him one who was
deaf and had an impediment in his speech.
They begged him to lay his hand on him.
33 He took him aside from the multitude
privately and put his fingers into his ears;
and he spat and touched his tongue.
34 Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and
said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be
opened!”
35 Immediately his ears were opened,
and the impediment of his tongue
was released, and he spoke clearly.
36 He commanded them that they should
tell no one, but the more he commanded
them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it.
37 They were astonished beyond measure,
saying, “He has done all things well.
He makes even the deaf hear and the mute
speak!”