Mark 7:1 - Prayer Tents

Followers of Tradition

7And the Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered together around Him when they had come from Jerusalem,G2532G4863G4314G846G5330G2532G5100G1122G2064G575G24142and had seen that some of His disciples were eating their bread with impure hands, that is, unwashed.G2532G1492G5100G846G3101G2068G740G2839G5123G449G5495G32013(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they carefully wash their hands, [thus] observing the traditions of the elders;G1063G5330G2532G3956G2453G3362G3538G5495G4435G2068G3756G2902G3862G42454and [when they come] from the market place, they do not eat unless they cleanse themselves; and there are many other things which they have received in order to observe, such as the washing of cups and pitchers and copper pots.)G2532G575G58G3362G907G2068G3756G2532G4183G243G2076G3739G3880G2902G909G4221G2532G3582G2532G5473G2532G28255And the Pharisees and the scribes *asked Him, "Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with impure hands?"G1899G5330G2532G1122G1905G846G1302G4043G3756G4675G3101G2596G3862G4245G235G2068G740G449G54956And He said to them, "Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, 'THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME.G611G1161G2036G846G3754G2573G2268G4395G4012G5216G5273G5613G1125G3778G2992G5091G3165G5491G1161G846G2588G568G4206G575G17007'BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.'G1161G3155G4576G3165G1321G1319G1778G4448"Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men."G1063G863G1785G2316G2902G3862G444G909G3582G2532G4221G2532G4183G243G5108G3946G41609He was also saying to them, "You nicely set aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition.G2532G3004G846G2573G114G1785G2316G2443G5083G5216G386210"For Moses said, 'HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER'; and, 'HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER, LET HIM BE PUT TO DEATH';G1063G3475G2036G5091G4675G3962G2532G4675G3384G2532G2551G3962G2228G3384G5053G228811but you say, 'If a man says to [his] father or [his] mother, anything of mine you might have been helped by is Corban (that is to say, given [to God]),'G1161G5210G3004G1437G444G2036G3962G2228G3384G2878G3603G1435G1537G3739G1437G5623G170012you no longer permit him to do anything for [his] father or [his] mother;G2532G863G846G3765G4160G3762G846G3962G2228G846G338413[thus] invalidating the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that. "G208G3056G2316G208G5216G3862G3739G3860G2532G4183G5108G3946G4160

The Heart of Man

14And after He called the multitude to Him again, He [began] saying to them, "Listen to Me, all of you, and understand:G2532G4341G3956G3793G3004G846G191G3450G3956G2532G492015there is nothing outside the man which going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are what defile the man.G2076G3762G1855G444G3739G1531G1519G846G1410G2840G846G235G1607G575G846G1565G2076G2840G44416{"If any man has ears to hear, let him hear."}G1536G2192G3775G191G19117And when leaving the multitude, He had entered the house, His disciples questioned Him about the parable.G2532G3753G1525G1519G3624G575G3793G846G3101G1905G846G4012G385018And He *said to them, "Are you so lacking in understanding also? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him;G2532G3004G846G2075G5210G3779G801G2532G3539G3756G3539G3754G3956G1855G1531G1519G444G3756G1410G2840G84619because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is eliminated? "([Thus He] declared all foods clean.)G3754G1531G3756G1519G846G2588G235G1519G2836G2532G1607G1519G856G2511G3956G103320And He was saying, "That which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man.G1161G3004G3754G1607G1537G444G1565G2840G44421"For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,G1063G2081G1537G2588G444G1607G2556G1261G3430G4202G540822deeds of coveting [and] wickedness, [as well as] deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride [and] foolishness.G2829G4124G4189G1388G766G4190G3788G988G5243G87723"All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man."G3956G5023G4190G1607G2081G2532G2840G444

The Syrophoenician Woman

24And from there He arose and went away to the region of Tyre. And when He had entered a house, He wanted no one to know [of it;] yet He could not escape notice.G2532G1564G450G565G1519G3181G5184G2532G4605G2532G1525G1519G3614G2309G3762G1097G2532G1410G3756G299025But after hearing of Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, immediately came and fell at His feet.G1063G1135G3739G846G2365G2192G169G4151G191G4012G846G2064G4363G4314G846G422826Now the woman was a Gentile, of the Syrophoenician race. And she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.G1161G1135G2258G1674G4949G1085G2532G2065G846G2443G1544G1140G1537G846G236427And He was saying to her, "Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."G1161G2424G2036G846G863G5043G4412G5526G1063G2076G3756G2570G2983G5043G740G2532G906G295228But she answered and *said to Him, "Yes, Lord, [but] even the dogs under the table feed on the children's crumbs."G1161G611G2532G3004G846G3483G2962G2532G1063G2952G5270G5132G2068G575G3813G558929And He said to her, "Because of this answer go your way; the demon has gone out of your daughter."G2532G2036G846G1223G5126G3056G5217G1140G1831G1537G4675G236430And going back to her home, she found the child lying on the bed, the demon having departed.G2532G565G1519G846G3624G2147G1140G1831G2532G2364G906G1909G282531And again He went out from the region of Tyre, and came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, within the region of Decapolis.G2532G3825G1831G1537G3725G5184G2532G4605G2064G4314G2281G1056G303G3319G3725G117932And they *brought to Him one who was deaf and spoke with difficulty, and they *entreated Him to lay His hand upon him.G2532G5342G846G2974G3424G2532G3870G846G2443G2007G5495G84633And He took him aside from the multitude by himself, and put His fingers into his ears, and after spitting, He touched his tongue [with the saliva;]G2532G618G846G2596G2398G575G3793G906G846G1147G1519G846G3775G2532G4429G680G846G110034and looking up to heaven with a deep sigh, He *said to him, "Ephphatha!" that is, "Be opened!"G2532G308G1519G3772G4727G2532G3004G846G2188G3603G127235And his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was removed, and he [began] speaking plainly.G2532G2112G846G189G1272G2532G1199G846G1100G3089G2532G2980G372336And He gave them orders not to tell anyone; but the more He ordered them, the more widely they continued to proclaim it.G2532G1291G846G2443G2036G3367G1161G3745G846G1291G846G3123G4054G278437And they were utterly astonished, saying, "He has done all things well; He makes even the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak."G2532G5249G1605G3004G4160G3956G2573G4160G2532G2974G191G2532G216G2980