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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 Catholic Public Domain Version</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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CPDV</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="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" 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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Catholic Public Domain Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/mark/7-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Tradition of the Elders<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/15.htm">Matthew 15:1–9</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And the Pharisees and some of the scribes, arriving from Jerusalem, gathered together before him. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And when they had seen certain ones from his disciples eating bread with common hands, that is, with unwashed hands, they disparaged them. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat without repeatedly washing their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And when returning from the market, unless they wash, they do not eat. And there are many other things which have been handed down to them to observe: the washings of cups, and pitchers, and bronze containers, and beds. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And so the Pharisees and the scribes questioned him: “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but they eat bread with common hands?”<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But in response, he said to them: “So well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, just as it has been written: ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And in vain do they worship me, teaching the doctrines and precepts of men.’<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For abandoning the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men, to the washing of pitchers and cups. And you do many other things similar to these.”<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And he said to them: “You effectively nullify the precept of God, so that you may observe your own tradition. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For Moses said: ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever will have cursed father or mother, let him die a death.’ <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But you say, ‘If a man will have said to his father or mother: Korban, (which is a gift) whatever is from me will be to your benefit,’ <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>then you do not release him to do anything for his father or mother, <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>rescinding the word of God through your tradition, which you have handed down. And you do many other similar things in this way.”<p> <A name="15"></a><p class="hdg">What Defiles a Man<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/15.htm#10">Matthew 15:10–20</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And again, calling the crowd to him, he said to them: “Listen to me, all of you, and understand. <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>There is nothing from outside a man which, by entering into him, is able to defile him. But the things which procede from a man, these are what pollute a man. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-15.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And when he had entered into the house, away from the crowd, his disciples questioned him about the parable. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And he said to them: “So, are you also without prudence? Do you not understand that everything entering to a man from outside is not able to pollute him? <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For it does not enter into his heart, but into the gut, and it exits into the sewer, purging all foods.” <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“But,” he said “the things which go out from a man, these pollute a man. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For from within, from the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>thefts, avarice, wickedness, deceitfulness, homosexuality, an evil eye, blasphemy, self-exaltation, foolishness. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>All these evils procede from within and pollute a man.”<p> <A name="25"></a><p class="hdg">The Faith of the Gentile Woman<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/15.htm#21">Matthew 15:21–28</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And rising up, he went from there to the area of Tyre and Sidon. And entering into a house, he intended no one to know about it, but he was not able to remain hidden. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>For a woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit, as soon as she heard about him, entered and fell prostrate at his feet. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>For the woman was a Gentile, by birth a Syro-Phoenician. And she petitioned him, so that he would cast the demon from her daughter. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And he said to her: “First allow the sons to have their fill. For it is not good to take away the bread of the sons and throw it to the dogs.” <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>But she responded by saying to him: “Certainly, Lord. Yet the young dogs also eat, under the table, from the crumbs of the children.” <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And he said to her, “Because of this saying, go; the demon has gone out of your daughter.” <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And when she had gone to her house, she found the girl lying on the bed; and the demon had gone away.<p> <A name="32"></a><p class="hdg">The Deaf and Mute Man<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/9.htm#27">Matthew 9:27–34</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And again, departing from the borders of Tyre, he went by way of Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the area of the Ten Cities. <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And they brought someone who was deaf and mute to him. And they begged him, so that he would lay his hand upon him. <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>And taking him away from the crowd, he put his fingers into his ears; and spitting, he touched his tongue. <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And gazing up to heaven, he groaned and said to him: “Ephphatha,” which is, “Be opened.” <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>And immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke correctly. <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>And he instructed them not to tell anyone. But as much as he instructed them, so much more did they preach about it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/7-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>And so much more did they wonder, saying: “He has done all things well. He has caused both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Catholic Public Domain Version<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../mark/6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Mark 6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Mark 6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../mark/8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Mark 8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Mark 8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>