Mark 7
1 Then came
together unto him the
Pharisees, and certain of the
scribes, which
came from Jerusalem. 2 And when they
saw some of
his disciples eat bread with
defiled, that is to
say, with
unwashen, hands, they found
fault.
3 For the
Pharisees, and all the
Jews, except they
wash their
hands oft, eat not, holding the
tradition of the
elders. 4 And when they come
from the
market, except they
wash, they
eat not. And many other
things there
be,
which they have
received to
hold, as the
washing of
cups, and pots, brasen
vessels, and of
tables. 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? 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. 7 Howbeit in
vain do they
worship me, teaching for
doctrines the
commandments of
men. 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.
9 And he
said unto
them, Full
well ye
reject the
commandment of
God, that ye may
keep your
own tradition. 10 For Moses said,
Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso
curseth father or mother, let him
die the
death: 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.
12 And ye
suffer him no
more to
do ought for
his father or his mother; 13 Making the
word of
God of none
effect through
your tradition, which ye have
delivered:
and many such like
things do
ye.
14 And when he had
called all the
people unto him, he
said unto
them, Hearken unto
me every
one of you,
and understand:
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. 16 If any
man have ears to
hear, let him
hear.
17 And when he was
entered into the
house from the
people, his disciples asked him concerning the
parable. 18 And he
saith unto
them, Are ye so without
understanding also? Do
ye not perceive,
that whatsoever
thing from
without entereth into the
man, it
cannot defile him; 19 Because it
entereth not into his heart, but into the
belly, and goeth
out into the
draught, purging all meats? 20 And he
said, That which
cometh out
of the
man, that defileth the
man. 21 For from
within, out
of the
heart of
men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an
evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: 23 All these evil
things come from
within, and defile the
man. 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.
25 For a certain
woman, whose young daughter had an
unclean spirit, heard of him, and
came and
fell at his feet: 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. 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. 28 And she
answered and said unto
him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the
table eat of the
children's crumbs. 29 And he
said unto
her, For this saying go thy
way; the
devil is
gone out
of thy daughter. 30 And when she was
come to her house, she
found the
devil gone
out,
and her
daughter laid upon the
bed. 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. 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. 33 And he
took him aside from the
multitude, and
put his fingers into his ears, and he
spit, and
touched his tongue; 34 And looking
up to heaven, he
sighed,
and saith unto
him, Ephphatha, that
is, Be
opened.
35 And straightway his ears were
opened,
and the
string of
his tongue was
loosed,
and he
spake plain. 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;
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.