Mark 7

And the Pharisees and some of the scribes, having come from Jerusalem, are being gathered to him. \*

And having seen some of his disciples, that they eat loaves with defiled hands, that is, unwashed—

for the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they would wash their hands with a fist, holding to the tradition of the elders;

and from a marketplace, they do not eat unless they baptize, and there are many other things which they received to hold to: baptisms of cups and pitchers and copper vessels— \*

also the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but they eat bread with defiled hands?” \*

But he, answering, said to them, “Isaiah prophesied well about you hypocrites. As it is written, ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far away from me. 7 But they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines commandments of men.’ \*

Having left the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men.”

And he was saying to them, “Well do you reject the commandment of God so that you may keep your tradition!

For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘The one speaking evil of his father or mother, let him end in death.’ \*

But you say, ‘If a man says to his father or his mother, “Whatever you might have benefited from me {is} Corban”’ (that is, a gift),

you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or his mother,

setting aside the word of God by your tradition which you handed down, and you do many such similar things.” \*

And having summoned the crowd again, he was saying to them, “Listen to me, all {of you}, and understand:

there is nothing from outside the man, entering into him, that is able to defile him; but the things that come out from the man are the things defiling the man.

[If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.]” \*

And when he entered into a house from the crowd, his disciples were asking him about the parable.

And he says to them, “Are you also thus without understanding? Do you not understand that everything that enters into the man from outside is not able to defile him,

because it does not go into his heart, but into the stomach, and passes out into the latrine (cleansing all foods)?” \*

But he was saying, “What is coming out from the man, that defiles the man.

For from within, from the heart of men, come out evil thoughts, sexual immorality, thefts, murders,

adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, {and} folly.

All these evils come out from within, and they defile the man.” \*

Now having gotten up from there, he went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon, and having entered into a house, he was wanting no one to know {it}, but he was not able to hide.

But immediately having heard about him, a woman, of whom her little daughter had an unclean spirit, having come, fell down at his feet.

Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by descent, and she was asking him that he would cast out the demon from her daughter. \*

And he was saying to her, “Permit the children first to be fed, for it is not good to take the bread of the children and to throw {it} to the little dogs.”

But she answered and says to him, “Yes, Lord, and the little dogs under the table eat from the crumbs of the children.” \*

And he said to her, “Because of this word, go! The demon has gone out from your daughter.”

And having gone away to her house, she found the child having been put on the bed and the demon having gone out. \*

And again having gone out from the region of Tyre, he went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the midst of the region of the Decapolis.

And they bring to him {one} deaf and barely able to speak, and they beg him that he would lay his hand on him. \*

And having taken him aside from the crowd by himself, he put his fingers into his ears, and having spit, he touched his tongue.

And having looked up to heaven, he sighed and says to him, “Ephphatha!” (that is, “Be opened!”).

And his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he began speaking rightly. \*

And he commanded them so that they would tell {it} to no one. But as much as he commanded them, the more abundantly they were proclaiming {it}.

And they were extremely astonished, saying, “He has done all things well, and he makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.” \*