Mark 6:53-7:13

English Standard Version

Jesus Heals the Sick in Gennesaret

^53 (A)When they had crossed over, they came to land at ^(B)Gennesaret and moored to the shore. ⁵⁴ And when they got out of the boat, the people immediately ^(C)recognized him ⁵⁵ and ran about the whole region and began to bring ^(D)the sick people ^(E)on their beds to wherever they heard he was. ⁵⁶ And wherever he came, in villages, cities, or countryside, ^(F)they laid the sick in the marketplaces and implored him that they might touch even ^(G)the fringe of his garment. And ^(H)as many as touched it were made well.

Traditions and Commandments

7 ^(I)Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes ^(J)who had come from Jerusalem, ² they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were ^(K)defiled, that is, unwashed. ³ (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly,^[a] holding to ^(L)the tradition of ^(M)the elders, ⁴ and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash.^[b] And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as ^(N)the washing of ^(O)cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches.^[c]) ⁵ And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to ^(P)the tradition of ^(Q)the elders, ^(R)but eat with ^(S)defiled hands?” ⁶ And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you ^(T)hypocrites, as it is written,

⁸ You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.”

⁹ And he said to them, “You have a fine way of ^(W)rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition! ¹⁰ For Moses said, ^(X)‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ^(Y)‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ ¹¹ But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban”’ (that is, given to God)^[d]— ¹² then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother, ¹³ thus ^(Z)making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do.”