Mark 7

7The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus andG2532G4863G4314G846G5330G2532G5100G1122G2064G575G24142saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were "unclean," that is, unwashed.G2532G1492G5100G846G3101G2068G740G2839G5123G449G5495G32013(The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders.G1063G5330G2532G3956G2453G3362G3538G5495G4435G2068G3756G2902G3862G42454When 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.)G2532G575G58G3362G907G2068G3756G2532G4183G243G2076G3739G3880G2902G909G4221G2532G3582G2532G5473G2532G28255So 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 'unclean' hands?"G1899G5330G2532G1122G1905G846G1302G4043G3756G4675G3101G2596G3862G4245G235G2068G740G449G54956He 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.G611G1161G2036G846G3754G2573G2268G4395G4012G5216G5273G5613G1125G3778G2992G5091G3165G5491G1161G846G2588G568G4206G575G17007They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.'G1161G3155G4576G3165G1321G1319G1778G4448You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the traditions of men."G1063G863G1785G2316G2902G3862G444G909G3582G2532G4221G2532G4183G243G5108G3946G41609And he said to them: "You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions!G2532G3004G846G2573G114G1785G2316G2443G5083G5216G386210For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.'G1063G3475G2036G5091G4675G3962G2532G4675G3384G2532G2551G3962G2228G3384G5053G228811But you say that if a man says to his father or mother: 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is Corban' (that is, a gift devoted to God),G1161G5210G3004G1437G444G2036G3962G2228G3384G2878G3603G1435G1537G3739G1437G5623G170012then you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother.G2532G863G846G3765G4160G3762G846G3962G2228G846G338413Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that."G208G3056G2316G208G5216G3862G3739G3860G2532G4183G5108G3946G416014Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, "Listen to me, everyone, and understand this.G2532G4341G3956G3793G3004G846G191G3450G3956G2532G492015Nothing outside a man can make him 'unclean' by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a man that makes him 'unclean.'"G2076G3762G1855G444G3739G1531G1519G846G1410G2840G846G235G1607G575G846G1565G2076G2840G44416If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.G1536G2192G3775G191G19117After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable.G2532G3753G1525G1519G3624G575G3793G846G3101G1905G846G4012G385018"Are you so dull?" he asked. "Don't you see that nothing that enters a man from the outside can make him 'unclean'?G2532G3004G846G2075G5210G3779G801G2532G3539G3756G3539G3754G3956G1855G1531G1519G444G3756G1410G2840G84619For it doesn't go into his heart but into his stomach, and then out of his body." (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods "clean.")G3754G1531G3756G1519G846G2588G235G1519G2836G2532G1607G1519G856G2511G3956G103320He went on: "What comes out of a man is what makes him 'unclean.'G1161G3004G3754G1607G1537G444G1565G2840G44421For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,G1063G2081G1537G2588G444G1607G2556G1261G3430G4202G540822greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.G2829G4124G4189G1388G766G4190G3788G988G5243G87723All these evils come from inside and make a man 'unclean.'"G3956G5023G4190G1607G2081G2532G2840G44424Jesus 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.G2532G1564G450G565G1519G3181G5184G2532G4605G2532G1525G1519G3614G2309G3762G1097G2532G1410G3756G299025In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an evil spirit came and fell at his feet.G1063G1135G3739G846G2365G2192G169G4151G191G4012G846G2064G4363G4314G846G422826The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.G1161G1135G2258G1674G4949G1085G2532G2065G846G2443G1544G1140G1537G846G236427"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 their dogs."G1161G2424G2036G846G863G5043G4412G5526G1063G2076G3756G2570G2983G5043G740G2532G906G295228"Yes, Lord," she replied, "but even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."G1161G611G2532G3004G846G3483G2962G2532G1063G2952G5270G5132G2068G575G3813G558929Then he told her, "For such a reply, you may go; the demon has left your daughter."G2532G2036G846G1223G5126G3056G5217G1140G1831G1537G4675G236430She went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.G2532G565G1519G846G3624G2147G1140G1831G2532G2364G906G1909G282531Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.G2532G3825G1831G1537G3725G5184G2532G4605G2064G4314G2281G1056G303G3319G3725G117932There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged him to place his hand on the man.G2532G5342G846G2974G3424G2532G3870G846G2443G2007G5495G84633After 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.G2532G618G846G2596G2398G575G3793G906G846G1147G1519G846G3775G2532G4429G680G846G110034He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him, "Ephphatha!" (which means, "Be opened!").G2532G308G1519G3772G4727G2532G3004G846G2188G3603G127235At this, the man's ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly.G2532G2112G846G189G1272G2532G1199G846G1100G3089G2532G2980G372336Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it.G2532G1291G846G2443G2036G3367G1161G3745G846G1291G846G3123G4054G278437People were overwhelmed with amazement. "He has done everything well," they said. "He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak."G2532G5249G1605G3004G4160G3956G2573G4160G2532G2974G191G2532G216G2980