Mark 7
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The Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered around Him when they had come from Jerusalem,
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and had seen that some of His disciples were eating their bread with impure hands, that is, unwashed.
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(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they carefully wash their hands, {thus} observing the traditions of the elders;
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and {when they come} from the market place, they do not eat unless they cleanse themselves; and there are many other things which they have received in order to observe, such as the washing of cups and pitchers and copper pots.)
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The Pharisees and the scribes *asked Him, "Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with impure hands?"
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And He said to them, "Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: `THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME.
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`BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.'
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~"Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men."
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He was also saying to them, "You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition.
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~"For Moses said, `HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER'; and, `HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER, IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH';
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but you say, `If a man says to {his} father or {his} mother, whatever I have that would help you is Corban (that is to say, (Or {a gift,} i.e. {an offering}) given {to God}),'
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you no longer permit him to do anything for {his} father or {his} mother;
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{thus} invalidating the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that."
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After He called the crowd to Him again, He {began} saying to them, "Listen to Me, all of you, and understand:
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there is nothing outside the man which can defile him if it goes into him; but the things which proceed out of the man are what defile the man.
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[~"(Early mss do not contain this verse) If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."]
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When he had left the crowd {and} entered the house, His disciples questioned Him about the parable.
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And He *said to them, "Are you so lacking in understanding also? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him,
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because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is eliminated?" ({Thus He} declared all foods clean.)
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And He was saying, "That which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man.
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~"For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,
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deeds of coveting {and} wickedness, {as well as} deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride {and} foolishness.
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~"All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man."
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Jesus got up and went away from there to the region of Tyre(Two early mss add {and Sidon}) . And when He had entered a house, He wanted no one to know {of it;} yet He could not escape notice.
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But after hearing of Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately came and fell at His feet.
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Now the woman was a (Lit {Greek}) Gentile, of the Syrophoenician race. And she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.
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And He was saying to her, "Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
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But she answered and *said to Him, "Yes, Lord, {but} even the dogs under the table feed on the children's crumbs."
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And He said to her, "Because of this answer go; the demon has gone out of your daughter."
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And going back to her home, she found the child lying on the bed, the demon having left.
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Again He went out from the region of Tyre, and came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, within the region of Decapolis.
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They *brought to Him one who was deaf and spoke with difficulty, and they *implored Him to lay His hand on him.
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Jesus took him aside from the crowd, by himself, and put His fingers into his ears, and after spitting, He touched his tongue {with the saliva;}
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and looking up to heaven with a deep sigh, He *said to him, "Ephphatha!" that is, "Be opened!"
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And his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was removed, and he {began} speaking plainly.
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And He gave them orders not to tell anyone; but the more He ordered them, the more widely they continued to proclaim it.
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They were utterly astonished, saying, "He has done all things well; He makes even the deaf to hear and the mute to speak."
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