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 Mar 7:1 |
The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus and |
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Mar 7:2 |
saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were "unclean," that is, unwashed. |
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Mar 7:3 |
(The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders. |
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Mar 7:4 |
When 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. [fn]) |
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Mar 7:5 |
So 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?" |
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Mar 7:6 |
He 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. |
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Mar 7:7 |
They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.' [fn] |
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Mar 7:8 |
You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the traditions of men." |
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Mar 7:9 |
And he said to them: "You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe [fn] your own traditions! |
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Mar 7:10 |
For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' [fn] and, 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.' [fn] |
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Mar 7:11 |
But 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), |
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Mar 7:12 |
then you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother. |
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Mar 7:13 |
Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that." |
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Mar 7:14 |
Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, "Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. |
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Mar 7:15 |
Nothing outside a man can make him 'unclean' by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a man that makes him 'unclean.' " [fn] |
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Mar 7:16 |
Omitted from the NIV. See the  button or the footnotes for additional information.
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Mar 7:17 |
After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable. |
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Mar 7:18 |
"Are you so dull?" he asked. "Don't you see that nothing that enters a man from the outside can make him 'unclean'? |
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Mar 7:19 |
For 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.") |
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Mar 7:20 |
He went on: "What comes out of a man is what makes him 'unclean.' |
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Mar 7:21 |
For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, |
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Mar 7:22 |
greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. |
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Mar 7:23 |
All these evils come from inside and make a man 'unclean.' " |
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Mar 7:24 |
Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre. [fn] He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence secret. |
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Mar 7:25 |
In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an evil [fn] spirit came and fell at his feet. |
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Mar 7:26 |
The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter. |
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Mar 7:27 |
"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." |
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Mar 7:28 |
"Yes, Lord," she replied, "but even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs." |
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Mar 7:29 |
Then he told her, "For such a reply, you may go; the demon has left your daughter." |
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Mar 7:30 |
She went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon gone. |
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Mar 7:31 |
Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis. [fn] |
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Mar 7:32 |
There 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. |
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Mar 7:33 |
After 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. |
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Mar 7:34 |
He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him, "Ephphatha!" (which means, "Be opened!" ). |
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Mar 7:35 |
At this, the man's ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly. |
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Mar 7:36 |
Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it. |
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Mar 7:37 |
People were overwhelmed with amazement. "He has done everything well," they said. "He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak." |
NIV Footnotes:
- (7:4) Some early manuscripts pitchers, kettles and dining couches
- (7:7) Isaiah 29:13
- (7:9) Some manuscripts set up
- (7:10) Exodus 20:12; Deut. 5:16
- (7:10) Exodus 21:17; Lev. 20:9
- (7:15) Some early manuscripts ‘unclean.’ 16 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.
- (7:24) Many early manuscripts Tyre and Sidon
- (7:25) Greek unclean
- (7:31) That is, the Ten Cities
