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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Mark 7 BLB</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/mark/7.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap//mark/7-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">BLB</a> > Mark 7</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/berean/mark/7.htm" width="100%" height="32" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../mark/6.htm" title="Mark 6">◄</a> Mark 7 <a href="../mark/8.htm" title="Mark 8">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Berean Literal Bible</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Tradition and Worship<br /><span class="cross">(Matthew 15:1-9)</span></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And the Pharisees and some of the scribes, having come from Jerusalem, are gathered together to Him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And they had seen that some of His disciples are eating the bread with defiled, that is, unwashed hands. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash the hands carefully, holding the tradition of the elders; <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>and <i>on coming</i> from the market, they do not eat unless they wash; and there are many other things which they received, <i>for them</i> to hold to—washings of cups and vessels and utensils and couches for dining.<span class="fn"><a href="#fna" title="NE and WH do not include ‘couches for dining’">a</a></span> </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And the Pharisees and the scribes questioned Him, “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat the bread with unwashed hands?” </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And He said to them, <span class="red">“Isaiah prophesied rightly concerning you hypocrites, as it has been written: </span></p><p class="indent1stlinered">‘This people honors Me with the lips,</p><p class="indentred2"> but their heart is kept far away from Me; </p><p class="indentred1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>and they worship Me in vain,</p><p class="indentred2"> teaching <i>as</i> doctrines <i>the</i> precepts of men.’<span class="fn"><a href="#fnb" title="Isaiah 29:13">b</a></span> </p><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Having neglected the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fnc" title="BYZ and TR include ‘washings of cups and pots and many such things like these’">c</a></span> </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And He was saying to them, <span class="red">“Neatly do you set aside the commandment of God, that you might keep<span class="fn"><a href="#fnd" title="NA ‘establish’">d</a></span> your tradition. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For Moses said, ‘Honor your Father and your mother,’<span class="fn"><a href="#fne" title="Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16">e</a></span> and, ‘The <i>one</i> speaking evil of father or mother must surely die.’<span class="fn"><a href="#fnf" title="Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9">f</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But you say <i>that</i> if a man says to the father or the mother, ‘Whatever you might be profited from me, <i>it is</i> Corban,’ that is, a gift, <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>no longer do you permit him to do anything for the father or the mother, <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>making void the word of God for your tradition, which you have handed down. And you do many <i>things</i> like such.”</span> </p><p class="hdg">What Defiles a Man<br /><span class="cross">(Matthew 15:10-20)</span></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And having summoned the crowd again, He was saying to them, <span class="red">“Listen to Me, all, and understand: <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>There is nothing from outside the man entering into him which is able to defile him; but the things proceeding out of the man are the things defiling the man.”</span><span class="fn"><a href="#fng" title="BYZ and TR include ‘16 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.’">g</a></span> </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And when He went into <i>the</i> house from the crowd, His disciples were asking Him the parable. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And He says to them, <span class="red">“Thus are you also without understanding? Do you not understand that everything entering into the man from outside is not able to defile him, <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>because it does not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and goes out into the sewer?”</span> (<i>Thus</i> purifying all foods.) </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And He was saying, <span class="red">“That going forth out of the man, that defiles the man. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For from within the heart of men go forth evil thoughts, sexual immorality, thefts, murders, adulteries,<span class="fn"><a href="#fnh" title="Many Sources move ‘adulteries’ to verse 22">h</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>covetous desires, wickednesses, deceit, sensuality, an evil eye, slander, pride, foolishness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>All these evils go forth from within, and they defile the man.”</span> </p><p class="hdg">The Faith of the Gentile Woman<br /><span class="cross">(Matthew 15:21-28)</span></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And from there having risen up, He went away into the region of Tyre.<span class="fn"><a href="#fni" title="WH, BYZ and TR include ‘and Sidon’">i</a></span> And having entered into a house, He was wishing no one to know <i>it</i>, but He was not able to be hidden. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But immediately, having heard about Him, a woman whose little daughter had <i>an</i> unclean spirit, having come, fell at His feet. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Now the woman was Gentile, Syrophoenician by race, and kept asking Him that He should cast forth the demon out of her daughter. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And He was saying to her, <span class="red">“Permit the children to be satisfied first; for it is not good to take the children’s bread and to cast <i>it</i> to the dogs.”</span> </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>But she answered and says to Him, “Yes, Lord, even the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.” </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And He said to her, <span class="red">“Because of this word, go; the demon has gone forth out of your daughter.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And having gone away to her home, she found the child lying on the bed, and the demon having gone out. </p><p class="hdg">The Deaf and Mute Man<br /><span class="cross">(Isaiah 35:1-10; Matthew 9:32-34)</span></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And again having departed from the region of Tyre, He came through Sidon, to the Sea of Galilee, through <i>the</i> midst of the region of <i>the</i> Decapolis.<span class="fn"><a href="#fnj" title="That is, the Ten Cities">j</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And they bring to Him a man <i>who was</i> deaf and who spoke with difficulty, and they implore Him that He might lay the hand on him. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>And having taken him away from the crowd privately, He put His fingers to his ears, and having spit, He touched his tongue, <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>and having looked up to heaven He sighed deeply, and He says to him, <span class="red">“Ephphatha!”</span> (that is, <span class="red">“Be opened!”</span>). <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>And immediately his ears were opened, and the band of his tongue was loosed, and he began speaking plainly. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>And He instructed them that they should tell no one. But as much as He kept instructing them, they were proclaiming <i>it</i> more abundantly. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>And they were astonished above measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”<A name="fn"><br /><br /></p><A name="fna"></a><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnote">NE and WH do not include <i>couches for dining</i></span><br /><A name="fnb"></a><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnote">Isaiah 29:13</span><br /><A name="fnc"></a><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnote">BYZ and TR include <i>washings of cups and pots and many such things like these</i></span><br /><A name="fnd"></a><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnote">NA <i>establish</i></span><br /><A name="fne"></a><span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnote">Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16</span><br /><A name="fnf"></a><span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnote">Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9</span><br /><A name="fng"></a><span class="footnotesbot">g</span> <span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnote">BYZ and TR include <i>16 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.</i></span><br /><A name="fnh"></a><span class="footnotesbot">h</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> <span class="footnote">Many Sources move <i>adulteries</i> to verse 22</span><br /><A name="fni"></a><span class="footnotesbot">i</span> <span class="fnverse">24</span> <span class="footnote">WH, BYZ and TR include <i>and Sidon</i></span><br /><A name="fnj"></a><span class="footnotesbot">j</span> <span class="fnverse">31</span> <span class="footnote">That is, the Ten Cities</span><br /><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible<br /><a href="//berean.bible">www.Berean.Bible</a><br /><br /><a href="//literalbible.com">Berean Literal Bible (BLB)</a><br />© 2016 by <a href="//biblehub.com">Bible Hub</a> and <a href="//berean.bible">Berean.Bible</a><br />Used by Permission. 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