Mark 7
New American Standard Bible
Followers of Tradition
7 (A)The Pharisees and some of the scribes *gathered to Him after they came (B)from Jerusalem, 2 and saw that some of His disciples were eating their bread with [a](C)unholy hands, that is, unwashed. 3 (For the Pharisees and all the other Jews do not eat unless they [b]carefully wash their hands, thereby holding firmly to the (D)tradition of the elders; 4 and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they [c]completely cleanse themselves; and there are many other things which they have received as traditions to firmly hold, such as the [d]washing of (E)cups, pitchers, and copper pots.) 5 And the Pharisees and the scribes *asked Him, “Why do Your disciples not walk in accordance with the (F)tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with [e](G)unholy hands?” 6 But He said to them, “Rightly did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, as it is written:
‘(H)This people honors Me with their lips,
But their heart is far away from Me.
7 (I)And in vain do they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’
8 Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the (J)tradition of men.”
9 He was also saying to them, “You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your (K)tradition. 10 For Moses said, ‘(L)Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘(M)The one who speaks evil of father or mother, is [f]certainly to be put to death’; 11 but you say, ‘If a person says to his father or his mother, whatever I have that would help you is (N)Corban (that is, [g]given to God),’ 12 you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother; 13 thereby invalidating the word of God by your (O)tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that.”
The Heart of Mankind
14 After He called the crowd to Him again, He began saying to them, “Listen to Me, all of you, and understand: 15 there is nothing outside the person which can defile him if it goes into him; but the things which come out of the person are what defile the person[h].”
17 And when He later entered a house, away from the crowd, (P)His disciples asked Him about the parable. 18 And He *said to them, “Are you so lacking in understanding as well? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the person from outside cannot defile him, 19 because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and [i]is eliminated?” (Thereby He declared (Q)all foods (R)clean.) 20 And He was saying, “(S)That which comes out of the person, that is what defiles the person. 21 For from within, out of the [j]hearts of people, come the evil thoughts, acts of sexual immorality, thefts, murders, acts of adultery, 22 deeds of greed, wickedness, deceit, indecent behavior, [k](T)envy, slander, [l]pride, and foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within and defile the person.”
The Syrophoenician Woman
24 (U)Now Jesus got up and went from there to the region of (V)Tyre[m]. And when He had entered a house, He wanted no one to know about it; and yet He could not escape notice. 25 But after hearing about Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately came and fell at His feet. 26 Now the woman was a [n]Gentile, of Syrophoenician descent. And she repeatedly asked Him to cast the demon out of her daughter. 27 And He was saying to her, “Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not [o]good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the [p]dogs.” 28 But she answered and *said to Him, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table feed on the children’s crumbs.” 29 And He said to her, “Because of this [q]answer, go; the demon has gone out of your daughter.” 30 And after going back to her home, she found the child [r]lying on the bed, and the demon gone.
31 (W)Again He left the region of (X)Tyre and came through Sidon to (Y)the Sea of Galilee, within the region of (Z)Decapolis. 32 And they *brought to Him one who was deaf and had difficulty speaking, and they *begged Him to (AA)lay His hand on him. 33 And Jesus (AB)took him aside from the crowd, by himself, and put His fingers in his ears, and after (AC)spitting, He touched his tongue with the saliva; 34 and looking up to heaven with a deep (AD)sigh, He *said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!” 35 And his ears were opened, and the [s]impediment of his tongue was [t]removed, and he began speaking plainly. 36 And (AE)He gave them orders not to tell anyone; but the more He ordered them, the more widely they (AF)continued to proclaim it. 37 And they were utterly astonished, saying, “He has done all things well; He makes even those who are deaf hear, and those who are unable to talk, speak.”
Footnotes
- Mark 7:2 Lit common; i.e., ritually unclean
- Mark 7:3 Lit with a fist (following a prescribed ritual)
- Mark 7:4 Lit baptize; i.e., immerse; two early mss purify
- Mark 7:4 Lit baptisms
- Mark 7:5 Lit common; i.e., ritually unclean
- Mark 7:10 Lit to die with death
- Mark 7:11 Lit a gift; i.e., an offering
- Mark 7:15 Late mss add, as v 16: If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.
- Mark 7:19 Lit goes out into the latrine
- Mark 7:21 heart
- Mark 7:22 Lit an evil eye
- Mark 7:22 Or arrogance
- Mark 7:24 Two early mss add and Sidon
- Mark 7:26 Lit Greek
- Mark 7:27 Or proper
- Mark 7:27 I.e., pet dogs
- Mark 7:29 Lit word
- Mark 7:30 Lit thrown
- Mark 7:35 Lit bond
- Mark 7:35 Lit undone
Marc 7
La Bible du Semeur
Jésus et la tradition religieuse juive(A)
7 Des pharisiens et des spécialistes de la Loi venus de Jérusalem se rassemblèrent autour de Jésus. 2 Ils remarquèrent que certains de ses disciples prenaient leur repas avec des mains « impures », c’est-à-dire qu’ils ne s’étaient pas lavé les mains. (3 En effet, les pharisiens, et les Juifs en général, ne se mettent jamais à table sans les avoir soigneusement lavées ; ils observent ainsi la tradition de leurs ancêtres. 4 De même, en revenant du marché, ils ne mangent pas sans avoir fait leurs ablutions. Ils ont reçu beaucoup d’autres traditions qu’ils observent, comme celles de laver rituellement les coupes, les pots et les vases de bronze.) 5 Les pharisiens et les spécialistes de la Loi demandèrent donc à Jésus : Pourquoi tes disciples ne se conforment-ils pas à la tradition de nos ancêtres ? Pourquoi prennent-ils leur repas avec des mains impures ?
6 – Hypocrites, leur répondit-il, Esaïe vous a fort bien dépeints dans sa prophétie où il est écrit :
Ce peuple m’honore des lèvres,
mais, au fond de son cœur, il est bien loin de moi !
7 Le culte qu’il me rend n’a aucune valeur,
car les enseignements qu’il donne
ne sont que des règles inventées par les hommes[a] .
8 Vous mettez de côté le commandement de Dieu, pour observer la tradition des hommes !
9 Puis il ajouta : Ah ! vous réussissez parfaitement à mettre de côté le commandement de Dieu pour établir votre propre tradition ! 10 En effet, Moïse a dit : Honore ton père et ta mère[b] et Que celui qui maudit son père ou sa mère soit puni de mort[c].
11 Mais vous, que dites-vous ? Si un homme dit à son père ou à sa mère : « La part de mes biens avec laquelle j’aurais pu t’assister est corban (c’est-à-dire offrande à Dieu) », 12 alors vous ne le laissez plus rien faire pour son père ou sa mère. 13 Voilà comment vous annulez la Parole de Dieu par votre tradition, celle que vous vous transmettez. Et vous faites bien d’autres choses du même genre.
14 Puis Jésus appela de nouveau la foule et lui dit : Ecoutez-moi tous, et comprenez-moi bien : 15 Rien de ce qui vient du dehors et qui pénètre dans l’homme ne peut le rendre impur. C’est, au contraire, ce qui sort de l’homme qui le rend impur ! [16 Si quelqu’un a des oreilles pour entendre, qu’il entende[d] !]
17 Lorsque Jésus, laissant la foule, fut rentré à la maison, ses disciples lui demandèrent de leur expliquer le sens de cette image.
18 Il leur répondit : Ainsi, vous non plus, vous ne comprenez pas ? Ne saisissez-vous pas ce que je veux dire ? De tout ce qui vient du dehors et pénètre dans l’homme, rien ne peut le rendre impur. 19 Tout cela, en effet, ne va pas dans son cœur mais dans son ventre, et est évacué par les voies naturelles. – Il déclarait par là même que tous les aliments sont purs. – 20 Et il ajouta : Ce qui sort de l’homme, c’est cela qui le rend impur. 21 Car c’est du dedans, c’est du cœur de l’homme que proviennent les pensées mauvaises, l’immoralité, le vol, le meurtre, 22 les adultères, l’envie, la méchanceté, la tromperie, le vice, la jalousie, le blasphème[e], l’orgueil, et toutes sortes de comportements insensés. 23 Tout ce mal sort du dedans et rend l’homme impur.
La foi d’une non-Juive(B)
24 Jésus partit de là et se rendit dans la région de Tyr. Il entra dans une maison ; il ne voulait pas qu’on sache qu’il était là, mais il ne put cacher sa présence. 25 En effet, à peine était-il arrivé, qu’une femme, qui avait entendu parler de lui et dont la fillette était sous l’emprise d’un esprit mauvais, vint se jeter à ses pieds. 26 C’était une femme païenne, originaire de Syro-Phénicie. Elle le supplia de chasser le démon qui tourmentait sa fille.
27 Jésus lui dit : Laisse d’abord se rassasier les enfants de la maison. Car il ne serait pas convenable de prendre le pain des enfants pour le jeter aux petits chiens.
28 – Sans doute, Seigneur, reprit-elle, mais les petits chiens, qui sont sous la table, mangent les miettes que laissent tomber les enfants.
29 Et Jésus de répondre : A cause de cette parole, va, retourne chez toi, le démon vient de sortir de ta fille.
30 Elle rentra chez elle et trouva son enfant couchée sur le lit : le démon était parti.
Guérison d’un sourd-muet
31 Jésus quitta la région de Tyr, passa par Sidon, et regagna le lac de Galilée en traversant le territoire des « Dix Villes ». 32 On lui amena un sourd qui avait du mal à parler et on le pria de lui imposer les mains. 33 Jésus l’emmena seul avec lui, loin de la foule : après avoir posé ses doigts sur les oreilles du malade, il les humecta de salive et lui toucha la langue ; 34 alors il leva les yeux au ciel, poussa un soupir et dit : Ephphatha (ce qui signifie : ouvre-toi).
35 Aussitôt les oreilles de cet homme s’ouvrirent, sa langue se délia et il se mit à parler correctement. 36 Jésus recommanda à ceux qui étaient là de n’en rien dire à personne ; mais plus il le leur défendait, plus ils en parlaient.
37 Remplies d’étonnement, les foules s’écriaient : Tout ce qu’il fait est magnifique : il fait entendre les sourds et parler les muets !
Mark 7
King James Version
7 Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.
2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
4 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.
5 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?
6 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.
7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
11 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.
12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
14 And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:
15 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.
16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
17 And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
18 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;
19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
24 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.
25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:
26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
27 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.
28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.
29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.
30 And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.
31 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.
32 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.
33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;
34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
35 And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.
36 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;
37 And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
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