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And there are many other traditions for them to observe, including the washing of cups, pitchers, kettles, and couches for dining.<a href="#fn">c</a> <A name="6"></a><a href="/mark/7-5.htm">5</a>So the Pharisees and scribes questioned Jesus: “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders? Instead, they eat with unwashed<a href="#fn">d</a> hands.” <A name="7"></a><a href="/mark/7-6.htm">6</a>Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. <A name="8"></a><a href="/mark/7-7.htm">7</a>They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’<a href="#fn">e</a> <A name="9"></a><a href="/mark/7-8.htm">8</a>You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men—the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other similar things you do.<a href="#fn">f</a>” <A name="10"></a><a href="/mark/7-9.htm">9</a>He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain<a href="#fn">g</a> your own tradition. <A name="11"></a><a href="/mark/7-10.htm">10</a>For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’<a href="#fn">h</a> and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’<a href="#fn">i</a> <A name="12"></a><a href="/mark/7-11.htm">11</a>But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is Corban’ (that is, a gift devoted to God), <A name="13"></a><a href="/mark/7-12.htm">12</a>he is no longer permitted to do anything for his father or mother. <A name="14"></a><a href="/mark/7-13.htm">13</a>Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.” <A name="15"></a>What Defiles a Man (<a href ="../matthew/15.htm#10">Matthew 15:10–20</a>)<a href="/mark/7-14.htm">14</a>Once again Jesus called the whole crowd<a href="#fn">j</a> to Him and said, “All of you, listen to Me and understand: <A name=""></a><a href="/mark/7-15.htm">15</a>Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him. <A name="17"></a><a href="/mark/7-16.htm">16</a>If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”<a href="#fn">k</a> <A name="18"></a><a href="/mark/7-17.htm">17</a>After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples inquired about the parable. <A name="19"></a><a href="/mark/7-18.htm">18</a>“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him, <A name="20"></a><a href="/mark/7-19.htm">19</a>because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated, thus purifying all foods.”<a href="#fn">l</a> <A name="21"></a><a href="/mark/7-20.htm">20</a>He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him. <A name="22"></a><a href="/mark/7-21.htm">21</a>For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, adultery, sexual immorality, murder, theft,<a href="#fn">m</a> <A name="23"></a><a href="/mark/7-22.htm">22</a>greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. <A name="24"></a><a href="/mark/7-23.htm">23</a>All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.” <A name="25"></a>The Faith of the Gentile Woman (<a href ="../matthew/15.htm#21">Matthew 15:21–28</a>)<a href="/mark/7-24.htm">24</a>Jesus left that place and went to the region of Tyre and Sidon.<a href="#fn">n</a> Not wanting anyone to know He was there, He entered a house, but was unable to escape their notice. <A name="26"></a><a href="/mark/7-25.htm">25</a>For<a href="#fn">o</a> a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard<a href="#fn">p</a> about Jesus, and she came and fell at His feet. <A name="27"></a><a href="/mark/7-26.htm">26</a>Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter. <A name="28"></a><a href="/mark/7-27.htm">27</a>“First let the children have their fill,” Jesus said.<a href="#fn">q</a> “For it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.” <A name="29"></a><a href="/mark/7-28.htm">28</a>“Yes, Lord,” she replied, “for<a href="#fn">r</a> even the dogs<a href="#fn">s</a> under the table eat the children’s crumbs.” <A name="30"></a><a href="/mark/7-29.htm">29</a>Then Jesus told her, “Because of this answer, you may go. The demon has left your daughter.” <A name="31"></a><a href="/mark/7-30.htm">30</a>And she went home and found the demon was gone, and her daughter was lying on the bed.<a href="#fn">t</a> <A name="32"></a>The Deaf and Mute Man (<a href ="../matthew/9.htm#27">Matthew 9:27–34</a>)<a href="/mark/7-31.htm">31</a>Then Jesus left the region of Tyre and Sidon and went toward the Sea of Galilee<a href="#fn">u</a> and into the region of the Decapolis.<a href="#fn">v</a> <A name="33"></a><a href="/mark/7-32.htm">32</a>Some people brought to Him a man who was deaf and hardly able to speak, and they begged Jesus to place His hand on him. <A name="34"></a><a href="/mark/7-33.htm">33</a>So Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, and put His fingers into the man’s ears. Then He spit and touched the man’s tongue. <A name="35"></a><a href="/mark/7-34.htm">34</a>And looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means, “Be opened!”). <A name="36"></a><a href="/mark/7-35.htm">35</a>Immediately<a href="#fn">w</a> the man’s ears were opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak plainly. <A name="37"></a><a href="/mark/7-36.htm">36</a>Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more He ordered them, the more widely they proclaimed it. <a href="/mark/7-37.htm">37</a>The people were utterly astonished and said, “He has done all things well! He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!”<A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"> Footnotes: 2 a CT And they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed. 3 b Literally until they have washed their hands to the fist 4 c NE and WH cups, pitchers, and kettles. 5 d CT defiled 7 e Isaiah 29:13 (see also LXX) 8 f CT does not include —the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other similar things you do. 9 g NA establish 10 h Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16 10 i Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9 14 j CT the crowd 16 k CT does not include verse 16. 19 l CT and then is eliminated, thereby expelling all foods.” or and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.) 21 m Some texts list these in a different order; some move adultery to verse 22. 24 n Most CT do not include and Sidon; see Matthew 15:21. 25 o CT Instead 25 p CT soon heard 27 q CT He said 28 r CT does not include for. 28 s Or puppies 30 t CT found her child lying on the bed, and the demon was gone 31 u CT of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee 31 v That is, the Ten Cities 35 w ECM, WH, TH, and SBL do not include Immediately. </div> </div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, Majrity Standard Bible, MSB is produced in cooperation with <a href=//biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a>, <a href=//discoverybible.com>Discovery Bible</a>, <a href=//openbible.com>OpenBible.com</a>, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. 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