Mark 7

The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him.

KJV Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.

They noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled — that is, unwashed — hands.

KJV And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands carefully, holding to the tradition of the elders.

KJV For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

When they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions they observe, such as the washing of cups, pitchers, copper vessels, and dining couches.)

KJV And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.

So the Pharisees and scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?"

KJV Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?

He said to them, "Isaiah prophesied accurately about you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

KJV He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of human beings.'

KJV Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

You abandon the commandment of God and hold to human tradition."

KJV For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men.

He also said to them, "How skillfully you set aside the commandment of God in order to establish your own tradition!

KJV And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must certainly die.'

KJV For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:

But you say, 'If a man tells his father or mother, "Whatever support you might have received from me is Corban"' — that is, an offering to God —

KJV But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.

You suffer him no more to do anything for his father or his mother;.

KJV And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;

Making the message of God of none effect by way of your tradition, which you have delivered — and numerous such like things do you.

KJV Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.

He called the crowd to him again and said to them, "Listen to me, all of you, and understand:

KJV And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:

There is nothing outside a person that by going in can defile them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them."

KJV There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.

KJV If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

When he had left the crowd and entered a house, his disciples asked him about the parable.

KJV And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

He said to them, "Are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile them,

KJV And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;

On account of the fact that it entereth not into his inner self, but into the belly, and goes out into the draught, purging all meats?

KJV Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?

He said, "It is what comes out of a person that defiles them.

KJV And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.

For from within, out of the human heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder,

KJV For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:.

KJV Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

All these evil things come from within and defile a person."

KJV All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

From there he set out and went to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know, but he could not escape notice.

KJV And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid.

Immediately a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him and came and fell at his feet.

KJV For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:

The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth. She kept asking him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

KJV The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

He said to her, "Let the children be fed first, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

KJV But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.

But she answered him, "Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."

KJV And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord; yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

He said to her, "Because of this word, go — the demon has left your daughter."

KJV And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.

She went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.

KJV And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.

Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the region of the Decapolis.

KJV And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.

They brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly speak, and they begged him to lay his hand on him.

KJV And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.

He took him aside from the crowd privately, put his fingers into the man's ears, and after spitting, touched his tongue.

KJV And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;

Looking up to heaven, he sighed deeply and said to him, "Ephphatha" — that is, "Be opened."

KJV And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

Immediately his ears were opened, the binding of his tongue was released, and he spoke clearly.

KJV And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.

He ordered them to tell no one, but the more he ordered them, the more widely they proclaimed it.

KJV And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;

They were utterly astonished, saying, "He has done everything well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak."

KJV And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.