Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Mark 7

Mar 7:2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.

with unwashen, hands

Mat 15:1-9.

Mar 7:3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

tradition of the elders

Col 2:8; Gal 1:14; 1Pe 1:18; cf. Col 2:20-23.

Mar 7:5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?

tradition

i.e. the so-called "oral law" alleged to have been handed down from Moses; really a traditional interpretation of the written law. Cf. Scofield Mark 7:7, ref. [below]

Mar 7:6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me

Isa 29:13; Eze 33:31; Amo 4:4-5.

Mar 7:7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

for doctrines the commandments of men

as authoritative the precepts of men. Cf. Mar 7:5. See "Pharisees," Scofield Matthew 3:7, note. Cf. Col 2:8, 16, 18, 20, 23.

Mar 7:8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.

the commandment of God

Inspiration. Mar 7:8-13, Mar 10:4-9, 19. (Exo 4:15; Rev 22:19.)

Mar 7:10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:

Honour thy father and thy mother

Exo 20:12; 21:17; Lev 20:9; Deu 21:18-21.

let him die the death

shall surely die. Exo 21:17; Lev 20:9; Deu 21:18-21.

Mar 7:11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.

a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free

Or, I have dedicated to God that which would relieve your need. Cf. Matthew 15:5

Mar 7:12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;

No longer do you permit him to use it for his father or mother. Cf. Matthew 15:6

1Ti 5:8; Eph 4:28.

Mar 7:15 There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.

There is nothing from without a man

Mat 15:10-20; Rom 14:14; 1Ti 4:4.

Mar 7:19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?

Because it does not enter into the heart of him, but into the bowls is passed—purifying all the food.

Mar 7:21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

out of the heart of men

Mat 12:34-35; cf. Gen 6:5; Psa 45:1; Jas 3:10-12.

Mar 7:24 And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid.

the borders of Tyre and Sidon

Mat 15:21-28.

he could not be hid

Mar 2:1-2; Jhn 4:4-7.

Mar 7:26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

Greek

See Scofield Matthew 15:21, note.

devil

demon.

Mar 7:27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.

Let the children first be filled

Mat 8:11-12; 10:5-6; Jhn 4:22.

cast it unto the dogs

Act 13:46-47; Col 1:27.

Mar 7:28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

She, however, answered, saying, True, Lord! and yet the little dogs under the table eat from the children's crumbs. Rom 11:24; Eph 2:11-22.

Mar 7:29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.

For this saying

Luk 18:14.

Mar 7:30 And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.

she found the devil gone out

Miracles (N.T.). Mar 7:24-30, 31-37; Mar 8:1-9. (Mat 8:2-3; Act 28:8-9.)

laid upon the bed

Mar 5:15.

Mar 7:31 And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.

he came unto the sea of Galilee

Mat 15:29.

Mar 7:32 And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.

one that was deaf

Isa 29:18; 35:5.

Mar 7:33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;

he took him aside from the multitude

Mar 5:37.

he spit

Mar 8:23; Jhn 9:6.

Mar 7:34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

he sighed

Luk 19:41; Jhn 11:33, 35, 38.

Mar 7:35 And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.

his ears were opened

Job 33:16; 36:10, 15-16.

Mar 7:36 And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;

he charged them

Mar 1:43-44; 5:43.

Mar 7:37 And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

astonished

Luk 5:26.