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 Mar 7:1 |
Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem, |
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Mar 7:2 |
they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. |
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Mar 7:3 |
(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash [fn] their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders, |
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Mar 7:4 |
and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. [fn] And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as the washing of cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches. [fn]) |
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Mar 7:5 |
And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?" |
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Mar 7:6 |
And he said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; |
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Mar 7:7 |
"'in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.' |
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Mar 7:8 |
"You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men." |
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Mar 7:9 |
And he said to them, "You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition! |
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Mar 7:10 |
"For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.' |
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Mar 7:11 |
"But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban' (that is, given to God) [fn]-- |
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Mar 7:12 |
"then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother, |
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Mar 7:13 |
"thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do." |
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Mar 7:14 |
And he called the people to him again and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand: |
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Mar 7:15 |
"There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him." [fn] |
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Mar 7:16 |
Omitted from the ESV. See the  button or the footnotes for additional information.
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Mar 7:17 |
And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable. |
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Mar 7:18 |
And he said to them, "Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, |
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Mar 7:19 |
"since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?" [fn] (Thus he declared all foods clean.) |
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Mar 7:20 |
And he said, "What comes out of a person is what defiles him. |
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Mar 7:21 |
"For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, |
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Mar 7:22 |
"coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. |
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Mar 7:23 |
"All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person." |
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Mar 7:24 |
And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. [fn] And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet he could not be hidden. |
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Mar 7:25 |
But immediately a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit heard of him and came and fell down at his feet. |
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Mar 7:26 |
Now the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophoenician by birth. And she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. |
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Mar 7:27 |
And he said to her, "Let the children be fed first, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." |
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Mar 7:28 |
But she answered him, "Yes, Lord; yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs." |
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Mar 7:29 |
And he said to her, "For this statement you may go your way; the demon has left your daughter." |
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Mar 7:30 |
And she went home and found the child lying in bed and the demon gone. |
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Mar 7:31 |
Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. |
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Mar 7:32 |
And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him. |
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Mar 7:33 |
And taking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting touched his tongue. |
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Mar 7:34 |
And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened." |
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Mar 7:35 |
And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. |
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Mar 7:36 |
And Jesus [fn] charged them to tell no one. But the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. |
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Mar 7:37 |
And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak." |
ESV Footnotes:
- (7:3) Greek unless they wash with a fist, probably indicating a kind of ceremonial washing
- (7:4) Greek unless they baptize; some manuscripts unless they purify themselves
- (7:4) Some manuscripts omit and dining couches
- (7:11) Or an offering
- (7:15) Some manuscripts add verse 16: If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear
- (7:19) Greek goes out into the latrine
- (7:24) Some manuscripts omit and Sidon
- (7:36) Greek he
