Mark 7
7NOW THERE gathered together to [Jesus] the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,G2532G4863G4314G846G5330G2532G5100G1122G2064G575G24142For they had seen that some of His disciples ate with common hands, that is, unwashed [with hands defiled and unhallowed, because they had not given them a ceremonial washing]--G2532G1492G5100G846G3101G2068G740G2839G5123G449G5495G32013For the Pharisees and all of the Jews do not eat unless [merely for ceremonial reasons] they wash their hands [diligently up to the elbow] with clenched fist, adhering [carefully and faithfully] to the tradition of [practices and customs handed down to them by] their forefathers [to be observed].G1063G5330G2532G3956G2453G3362G3538G5495G4435G2068G3756G2902G3862G42454And [when they come] from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they purify themselves; and there are many other traditions [oral, man-made laws handed down to them, which they observe faithfully and diligently, such as], the washing of cups and wooden pitchers and widemouthed jugs and utensils of copper and beds--G2532G575G58G3362G907G2068G3756G2532G4183G243G2076G3739G3880G2902G909G4221G2532G3582G2532G5473G2532G28255And the Pharisees and scribes kept asking [Jesus], Why do Your disciples not order their way of living according to the tradition handed down by the forefathers [to be observed], but eat with hands unwashed {and} ceremonially not purified?G1899G5330G2532G1122G1905G846G1302G4043G3756G4675G3101G2596G3862G4245G235G2068G740G449G54956But He said to them, Excellently {and} truly [so that there will be no room for blame] did Isaiah prophesy of you, the pretenders {and} hypocrites, as it stands written: These people [constantly] honor Me with their lips, but their hearts hold off {and} are far distant from Me.G611G1161G2036G846G3754G2573G2268G4395G4012G5216G5273G5613G1125G3778G2992G5091G3165G5491G1161G846G2588G568G4206G575G17007In vain (fruitlessly and without profit) do they worship Me, ordering {and} teaching [to be obeyed] as doctrines the commandments {and} precepts of men.G1161G3155G4576G3165G1321G1319G1778G4448You disregard {and} give up {and} ask to depart from you the commandment of God and cling to the tradition of men [keeping it carefully and faithfully].G1063G863G1785G2316G2902G3862G444G909G3582G2532G4221G2532G4183G243G5108G3946G41609And He said to them, You have a fine way of rejecting [thus thwarting and nullifying and doing away with] the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition (your own human regulations)!G2532G3004G846G2573G114G1785G2316G2443G5083G5216G386210For Moses said, Honor (revere with tenderness of feeling and deference) your father and your mother, and, He who curses {or} reviles {or} speaks evil of {or} abuses {or} treats improperly his father or mother, let him surely die.G1063G3475G2036G5091G4675G3962G2532G4675G3384G2532G2551G3962G2228G3384G5053G228811But [as for you] you say, A man is exempt if he tells [his] father or [his] mother, What you would otherwise have gained from me [everything I have that would have been of use to you] is Corban, that is, is a gift [already given as an offering to God],G1161G5210G3004G1437G444G2036G3962G2228G3384G2878G3603G1435G1537G3739G1437G5623G170012Then you no longer are permitting him to do anything for [his] father or mother [but are letting him off from helping them].G2532G863G846G3765G4160G3762G846G3962G2228G846G338413Thus you are nullifying {and} making void {and} of no effect [the authority of] the Word of God through your tradition, which you [in turn] hand on. And many things of this kind you are doing.G208G3056G2316G208G5216G3862G3739G3860G2532G4183G5108G3946G416014And He called the people to [Him] again and said to them, Listen to Me, all of you, and understand [what I say].G2532G4341G3956G3793G3004G846G191G3450G3956G2532G492015There is not [even] one thing outside a man which by going into him can pollute {and} defile him; but the things which come out of a man are what defile him {and} make him unhallowed {and} unclean.G2076G3762G1855G444G3739G1531G1519G846G1410G2840G846G235G1607G575G846G1565G2076G2840G44416{If any man has ears to hear, let him be listening [and let him perceive and comprehend by hearing].G1536G2192G3775G191G19117And when He had left the crowd and had gone into the house, His disciples began asking Him about the parable.G2532G3753G1525G1519G3624G575G3793G846G3101G1905G846G4012G385018And He said to them, Then are you also unintelligent {and} dull {and} without understanding? Do you not discern {and} see that whatever goes into a man from the outside cannot make him unhallowed {or} unclean,G2532G3004G846G2075G5210G3779G801G2532G3539G3756G3539G3754G3956G1855G1531G1519G444G3756G1410G2840G84619Since it does not reach {and} enter his heart but [only his] digestive tract, and so passes on [into the place designed to receive waste]? Thus He was making {and} declaring all foods [ceremonially] clean [that is, abolishing the ceremonial distinctions of the Levitical Law].G3754G1531G3756G1519G846G2588G235G1519G2836G2532G1607G1519G856G2511G3956G103320And He said, What comes out of a man is what makes a man unclean {and} renders [him] unhallowed.G1161G3004G3754G1607G1537G444G1565G2840G44421For from within, [that is] out of the hearts of men, come base {and} wicked thoughts, sexual immorality, stealing, murder, adultery,G1063G2081G1537G2588G444G1607G2556G1261G3430G4202G540822Coveting (a greedy desire to have more wealth), dangerous {and} destructive wickedness, deceit; unrestrained (indecent) conduct; an evil eye (envy), slander (evil speaking, malicious misrepresentation, abusiveness), pride (the sin of an uplifted heart against God and man), foolishness (folly, lack of sense, recklessness, thoughtlessness).G2829G4124G4189G1388G766G4190G3788G988G5243G87723All these evil [purposes and desires] come from within, and they make the man unclean {and} render him unhallowed.G3956G5023G4190G1607G2081G2532G2840G44424And Jesus arose and went away from there to the region of Tyre {and Sidon.} And He went into a house and did not want anyone to know [that He was there]; but it was not possible for Him to be hidden [from public notice].G2532G1564G450G565G1519G3181G5184G2532G4605G2532G1525G1519G3614G2309G3762G1097G2532G1410G3756G299025Instead, at once, a woman whose little daughter had (was under the control of) an unclean spirit heard about Him and came and flung herself down at His feet.G1063G1135G3739G846G2365G2192G169G4151G191G4012G846G2064G4363G4314G846G422826Now the woman was a Greek (Gentile), a Syrophoenician by nationality. And she kept begging Him to drive the demon out of her little daughter.G1161G1135G2258G1674G4949G1085G2532G2065G846G2443G1544G1140G1537G846G236427And He said to her, First let the children be fed, for it is not becoming {or} proper {or} right to take the children's bread and throw it to the [little house] dogs.G1161G2424G2036G846G863G5043G4412G5526G1063G2076G3756G2570G2983G5043G740G2532G906G295228But she answered Him, Yes, Lord, yet even the small pups under the table eat the little children's scraps of food.G1161G611G2532G3004G846G3483G2962G2532G1063G2952G5270G5132G2068G575G3813G558929And He said to her, Because of this saying, you may go your way; the demon has gone out of your daughter [permanently].G2532G2036G846G1223G5126G3056G5217G1140G1831G1537G4675G236430And she went home and found the child thrown on the couch, and the demon departed.G2532G565G1519G846G3624G2147G1140G1831G2532G2364G906G1909G282531Soon after this, Jesus, coming back from the region of Tyre, passed through Sidon on to the Sea of Galilee, through the region of Decapolis [the ten cities].G2532G3825G1831G1537G3725G5184G2532G4605G2064G4314G2281G1056G303G3319G3725G117932And they brought to Him a man who was deaf and had difficulty in speaking, and they begged Jesus to place His hand upon him.G2532G5342G846G2974G3424G2532G3870G846G2443G2007G5495G84633And taking him aside from the crowd [privately], He thrust His fingers into the man's ears and spat and touched his tongue;G2532G618G846G2596G2398G575G3793G906G846G1147G1519G846G3775G2532G4429G680G846G110034And looking up to heaven, He sighed as He said, Ephphatha, which means, Be opened!G2532G308G1519G3772G4727G2532G3004G846G2188G3603G127235And his ears were opened, his tongue was loosed, and he began to speak distinctly {and} as he should.G2532G2112G846G189G1272G2532G1199G846G1100G3089G2532G2980G372336And Jesus [in His own interest] admonished {and} ordered them sternly {and} expressly to tell no one; but the more He commanded them, the more zealously they proclaimed it.G2532G1291G846G2443G2036G3367G1161G3745G846G1291G846G3123G4054G278437And they were overwhelmingly astonished, saying, He has done everything excellently (commendably and nobly)! He even makes the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak!G2532G5249G1605G3004G4160G3956G2573G4160G2532G2974G191G2532G216G2980
Columbus, OH
