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Mark 7
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The Traditions of the Elders

7 The(A) Pharisees(B) and some of the scribes(C) who had come from Jerusalem(D) gathered around him. 2 They observed that some of his disciples were eating bread with unclean(E) – that is, unwashed – hands. 3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, keeping the tradition of the elders. 4 When they come from the marketplace,(F) they do not eat unless they have washed.(G) And there are many other customs they have received and keep, like the washing of cups, jugs, kettles, and dining couches.[a](H)) 5 So the Pharisees(I) and the scribes(J) asked him, ‘Why don’t your disciples live[b] according to the tradition of the elders,(K) instead of eating bread with ceremonially unclean[c] hands? ’

6 He answered them, ‘Isaiah(L) prophesied(M) correctly about you hypocrites,(N) as it is written:(O)

This people honours(P) me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me.
7 They worship me in vain,
teaching(Q) as doctrines(R) human commands.[d](S)

8 Abandoning the command of God, you hold on to human tradition.’[e] 9 He also said to them, ‘You have a fine way of invalidating God’s command in order to set up[f] your tradition! 10 For Moses(T) said: Honour your father and your mother;[g](U) and Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.[h](V) 11 But you say, “If anyone tells his father or mother: Whatever benefit(W) you might have received from me is corban” ’ (that is, an offering(X) devoted to God), 12 ‘you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother. 13 You nullify the word of God(Y) by your tradition that you have handed(Z) down. And you do many other similar things.’

14 Summoning(AA) the crowd again, he told them, ‘Listen to me, all of you, and understand:(AB) 15 Nothing that goes into a person from outside can defile him but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.’[i]

17 When he went into the house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable. 18 He said to them, ‘Are you also as lacking in understanding? Don’t you realise that nothing going into a person from the outside can defile him? 19 For it doesn’t go into his heart but into the stomach(AC) and is eliminated’ (thus he declared all foods clean(AD)). 20 And he said, ‘What comes out of a person is what defiles him. 21 For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities,(AE) thefts, murders,(AF) 22 adulteries,(AG) greed,(AH) evil actions, deceit,(AI) self-indulgence,(AJ) envy,[j] slander,(AK) pride,(AL) and foolishness.(AM) 23 All these evil things come from within and defile a person.’

A Gentile Mother’s Faith

24 He got up and departed from(AN) there to the region of Tyre.[k](AO) He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it, but he could not escape notice. 25 Instead, immediately after hearing about him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit(AP) came and fell at his feet.(AQ) 26 The woman was a Gentile,[l](AR) a Syrophoenician by birth, and she was asking him to cast the demon(AS) out of her daughter. 27 He said to her, ‘Let the children be fed first, because it isn’t right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.’(AT)

28 But she replied to him, ‘Lord,(AU) even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.’

29 Then he told her, ‘Because of this reply, you may go. The demon has left your daughter.’ 30 When she went back to her home, she found her child lying on the bed, and the demon was gone.

Jesus Does Everything Well

31 Again, leaving the region of Tyre,(AV) he went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee,(AW) through[m] the region of the Decapolis.(AX) 32 They brought to him a deaf(AY) man who had difficulty speaking(AZ) and begged Jesus to lay his hand on(BA) him. 33 So he took him away from the crowd in private. After putting his fingers in the man’s ears and spitting,(BB) he touched his tongue. 34 Looking up to heaven,(BC) he sighed deeply and said to him, ‘Ephphatha! ’[n] (that is, ‘Be opened! ’). 35 Immediately his ears were opened,(BD) his tongue was loosened, and he began to speak clearly.(BE) 36 He ordered them to tell no one,(BF) but the more he ordered them, the more they proclaimed it.(BG)

37 They were extremely astonished and said, ‘He has done everything well.(BH) He even makes the deaf(BI) hear and the mute speak.’(BJ)

Footnotes

  1. 7:4 Other mss omit and dining couches
  2. 7:5 Lit walk
  3. 7:5 Other mss read with unwashed
  4. 7:6–7 Is 29:13
  5. 7:8 Other mss add The washing of jugs, and cups, and many other similar things you practice.
  6. 7:9 Or to maintain
  7. 7:10 Ex 20:12; Dt 5:16
  8. 7:10 Ex 21:17; Lv 20:9
  9. 7:15 Some mss include v. 16: ‘If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen.’
  10. 7:22 Or evil eye
  11. 7:24 Many early mss add and Sidon
  12. 7:26 Or a Greek (speaker)
  13. 7:31 Or into
  14. 7:34 An Aramaic expression
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Mark 7
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Traditions and Commandments

7 (A)Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes (B)who had come from Jerusalem, 2 they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were (C)defiled, that is, unwashed. 3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly,[a] holding to (D)the tradition of (E)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 (F)the washing of (G)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 (H)the tradition of (I)the elders, (J)but eat with (K)defiled hands?” 6 And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you (L)hypocrites, as it is written,

(M)“‘This people honors me with their lips,
    but their heart is far from me;
7 in vain do they worship me,
    teaching as (N)doctrines the commandments of men.’

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 (O)rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition! 10 For Moses said, (P)‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, (Q)‘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 (R)making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do.”

What Defiles a Person

14 And he called the people to him again and said to them, (S)“Hear me, all of you, and understand: 15 (T)There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.”[e] 17 And when he had entered (U)the house and left the people, (V)his disciples asked him about the parable. 18 And he said to them, “Then (W)are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, 19 since it enters not his heart (X)but his stomach, and is expelled?”[f] ((Y)Thus he declared all foods clean.) 20 And he said, (Z)“What comes out of a person is what defiles him. 21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, (AA)murder, adultery, 22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, (AB)sensuality, (AC)envy, (AD)slander, (AE)pride, (AF)foolishness. 23 (AG)All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”

The Syrophoenician Woman's Faith

24 And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon.[g] And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet he could not be hidden. 25 But immediately a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard of him and came and fell down at his feet. 26 (AH)Now the woman was a (AI)Gentile, (AJ)a Syrophoenician by birth. And she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. 27 And he said to her, “Let the children be (AK)fed first, for it is not right to take the children's bread and (AL)throw it to the dogs.” 28 But she answered him, “Yes, Lord; yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's (AM)crumbs.” 29 And he said to her, “For this statement you may (AN)go your way; the demon has left your daughter.” 30 And she went home and found the child lying in bed and the demon gone.

Jesus Heals a Deaf Man

31 (AO)Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to (AP)the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the (AQ)Decapolis. 32 And they brought to him (AR)a man who was deaf and (AS)had a speech impediment, and they begged him to (AT)lay his hand on him. 33 And (AU)taking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and (AV)after spitting touched his tongue. 34 And (AW)looking up to heaven, (AX)he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.” 35 (AY)And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. 36 And (AZ)Jesus[h] charged them to tell no one. But (BA)the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. 37 And they were (BB)astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”

Footnotes

  1. Mark 7:3 Greek unless they wash the hands with a fist, probably indicating a kind of ceremonial washing
  2. Mark 7:4 Greek unless they baptize; some manuscripts unless they purify themselves
  3. Mark 7:4 Some manuscripts omit and dining couches
  4. Mark 7:11 Or an offering
  5. Mark 7:15 Some manuscripts add verse 16: If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear
  6. Mark 7:19 Greek goes out into the latrine
  7. Mark 7:24 Some manuscripts omit and Sidon
  8. Mark 7:36 Greek he
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Marcos 7
Reina-Valera 1960

Lo que contamina al hombre

(Mt. 15.1-20)

7 Se juntaron a Jesús los fariseos, y algunos de los escribas, que habían venido de Jerusalén; 2 los cuales, viendo a algunos de los discípulos de Jesús comer pan con manos inmundas, esto es, no lavadas, los condenaban. 3 Porque los fariseos y todos los judíos, aferrándose a la tradición de los ancianos, si muchas veces no se lavan las manos, no comen. 4 Y volviendo de la plaza, si no se lavan, no comen. Y otras muchas cosas hay que tomaron para guardar, como los lavamientos de los vasos de beber, y de los jarros, y de los utensilios de metal, y de los lechos. 5 Le preguntaron, pues, los fariseos y los escribas: ¿Por qué tus discípulos no andan conforme a la tradición de los ancianos, sino que comen pan con manos inmundas? 6 Respondiendo él, les dijo: Hipócritas, bien profetizó de vosotros Isaías, como está escrito:

Este pueblo de labios me honra,

Mas su corazón está lejos de mí.

7 Pues en vano me honran,

Enseñando como doctrinas mandamientos de hombres.(A)

8 Porque dejando el mandamiento de Dios, os aferráis a la tradición de los hombres: los lavamientos de los jarros y de los vasos de beber; y hacéis otras muchas cosas semejantes.

9 Les decía también: Bien invalidáis el mandamiento de Dios para guardar vuestra tradición. 10 Porque Moisés dijo: Honra a tu padre y a tu madre;(B) y: El que maldiga al padre o a la madre, muera irremisiblemente.(C) 11 Pero vosotros decís: Basta que diga un hombre al padre o a la madre: Es Corbán (que quiere decir, mi ofrenda a Dios) todo aquello con que pudiera ayudarte, 12 y no le dejáis hacer más por su padre o por su madre, 13 invalidando la palabra de Dios con vuestra tradición que habéis transmitido. Y muchas cosas hacéis semejantes a estas.

14 Y llamando a sí a toda la multitud, les dijo: Oídme todos, y entended: 15 Nada hay fuera del hombre que entre en él, que le pueda contaminar; pero lo que sale de él, eso es lo que contamina al hombre. 16 Si alguno tiene oídos para oír, oiga. 17 Cuando se alejó de la multitud y entró en casa, le preguntaron sus discípulos sobre la parábola. 18 Él les dijo: ¿También vosotros estáis así sin entendimiento? ¿No entendéis que todo lo de fuera que entra en el hombre, no le puede contaminar, 19 porque no entra en su corazón, sino en el vientre, y sale a la letrina? Esto decía, haciendo limpios todos los alimentos. 20 Pero decía, que lo que del hombre sale, eso contamina al hombre. 21 Porque de dentro, del corazón de los hombres, salen los malos pensamientos, los adulterios, las fornicaciones, los homicidios, 22 los hurtos, las avaricias, las maldades, el engaño, la lascivia, la envidia, la maledicencia, la soberbia, la insensatez. 23 Todas estas maldades de dentro salen, y contaminan al hombre.

La fe de la mujer sirofenicia

(Mt. 15.21-28)

24 Levantándose de allí, se fue a la región de Tiro y de Sidón; y entrando en una casa, no quiso que nadie lo supiese; pero no pudo esconderse. 25 Porque una mujer, cuya hija tenía un espíritu inmundo, luego que oyó de él, vino y se postró a sus pies. 26 La mujer era griega, y sirofenicia de nación; y le rogaba que echase fuera de su hija al demonio. 27 Pero Jesús le dijo: Deja primero que se sacien los hijos, porque no está bien tomar el pan de los hijos y echarlo a los perrillos. 28 Respondió ella y le dijo: Sí, Señor; pero aun los perrillos, debajo de la mesa, comen de las migajas de los hijos. 29 Entonces le dijo: Por esta palabra, ve; el demonio ha salido de tu hija. 30 Y cuando llegó ella a su casa, halló que el demonio había salido, y a la hija acostada en la cama.

Jesús sana a un sordomudo

31 Volviendo a salir de la región de Tiro, vino por Sidón al mar de Galilea, pasando por la región de Decápolis. 32 Y le trajeron un sordo y tartamudo, y le rogaron que le pusiera la mano encima. 33 Y tomándole aparte de la gente, metió los dedos en las orejas de él, y escupiendo, tocó su lengua; 34 y levantando los ojos al cielo, gimió, y le dijo: Efata, es decir: Sé abierto. 35 Al momento fueron abiertos sus oídos, y se desató la ligadura de su lengua, y hablaba bien. 36 Y les mandó que no lo dijesen a nadie; pero cuanto más les mandaba, tanto más y más lo divulgaban. 37 Y en gran manera se maravillaban, diciendo: bien lo ha hecho todo; hace a los sordos oír, y a los mudos hablar.

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