Mark 7
English Standard Version
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
- Mark 7:3 Greek unless they wash the hands with a fist, probably indicating a kind of ceremonial washing
- Mark 7:4 Greek unless they baptize; some manuscripts unless they purify themselves
- Mark 7:4 Some manuscripts omit and dining couches
- Mark 7:11 Or an offering
- Mark 7:15 Some manuscripts add verse 16: If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear
- Mark 7:19 Greek goes out into the latrine
- Mark 7:24 Some manuscripts omit and Sidon
- Mark 7:36 Greek he
Marcos 7
La Palabra (Hispanoamérica)
Las tradiciones de los antepasados (Mt 15,1-20)
7 Se acercaron a Jesús los fariseos y unos maestros de la ley llegados de Jerusalén 2 y vieron que algunos discípulos de Jesús comían con las manos impuras, esto es, sin habérselas lavado. 3 (Porque los fariseos y demás judíos, siguiendo la tradición de sus antepasados, no comen sin antes haberse lavado las manos cuidadosamente. 4 Así, cuando vuelven del mercado, no comen si antes no se lavan. Y guardan también otras muchas costumbres rituales, tales como lavar las copas, las ollas, las vasijas metálicas y hasta las camas). 5 Preguntaron, pues, a Jesús aquellos fariseos y maestros de la ley:
— ¿Por qué tus discípulos no respetan la tradición de nuestros antepasados? ¿Por qué se ponen a comer con las manos impuras?
6 Jesús les contestó:
— ¡Hipócritas! Bien profetizó Isaías acerca de ustedes cuando escribió:
Este pueblo me honra de labios afuera,
pero su corazón está muy lejos de mí.
7 Inútilmente me rinden culto,
pues enseñan doctrinas
que sólo son preceptos humanos.
8 Ustedes se apartan de los mandatos de Dios por seguir las tradiciones humanas.
9 Y añadió:
— Así que, por mantener sus propias tradiciones, se despreocupan completamente de lo que Dios ha mandado. 10 Porque Moisés dijo: Honra a tu padre y a tu madre; y también: El que maldiga a su padre o a su madre será condenado a muerte. 11 En cambio, ustedes afirman que si alguno dice a su padre o a su madre: “Lo que tenía reservado para ayudarte, lo he convertido en corbán, es decir, en ofrenda para el Templo”, 12 queda liberado de la obligación de prestarles ayuda. 13 De este modo, con esas tradiciones de ustedes que se pasan de unos a otros, anulan lo que Dios había dispuesto. Además hacen otras muchas cosas parecidas a estas.
14 Y recabando de nuevo la atención de la gente, les dijo:
— Óiganme todos y entiendan esto: 15 Nada externo al ser humano puede hacerlo impuro. Lo que realmente hace impuro a uno es lo que sale del corazón. 16 [Quien pueda entender esto, que lo entienda].
17 Luego, cuando Jesús se apartó de la gente y entró en casa, sus discípulos le preguntaron por el significado de lo que había dicho. 18 Él les contestó:
— ¿Así que tampoco ustedes son capaces de entenderlo? ¿No comprenden que nada de lo que entra de afuera en el ser humano puede hacerlo impuro, 19 porque no entra en su corazón, sino en su vientre, y va a parar a la letrina?
Con esto, Jesús declaraba limpios todos los alimentos. 20 Y añadió:
— Lo que sale del interior, eso es lo que hace impura a una persona; 21 porque del fondo del corazón humano proceden las malas intenciones, las inmoralidades sexuales, los robos, los asesinatos, 22 los adulterios, la avaricia, la maldad, la falsedad, el desenfreno, la envidia, la blasfemia, el orgullo y la estupidez. 23 Todas estas son las maldades que salen de adentro y hacen impura a una persona.
La mujer sirofenicia (Mt 15,21-28)
24 Jesús se fue de aquel lugar y se trasladó a la región de Tiro. Entró en una casa, y quería pasar inadvertido, pero no pudo ocultarse. 25 Una mujer, cuya hija estaba poseída por un espíritu impuro, supo muy pronto que Jesús estaba allí y vino a arrodillarse a sus pies. 26 La mujer era griega, de origen sirofenicio, y rogaba a Jesús que expulsara al demonio que atormentaba a su hija. 27 Jesús le contestó:
— Deja primero que los hijos se sacien, pues no está bien quitarles el pan a los hijos para echárselo a los perros.
28 Ella le respondió:
— Es cierto, Señor; pero también es cierto que los cachorrillos que están debajo de la mesa comen las migajas que se les caen a los hijos.
29 Jesús, entonces, le dijo:
— Por eso que has dicho puedes irte, pues el demonio ya ha salido de tu hija.
30 La mujer regresó a su casa y encontró a su hija acostada en la cama y libre del demonio.
Curación de un sordomudo
31 Jesús salió de nuevo de la región de Tiro y, pasando por Sidón, se dirigió al lago de Galilea a través del territorio de la Decápolis. 32 Estando allí, le llevaron un hombre que era sordo y tartamudo, y le rogaron que pusiera su mano sobre él. 33 Jesús se llevó al hombre aparte de la gente y, cuando ya estaban solos, le metió los dedos en los oídos y le tocó la lengua con saliva. 34 Luego, mirando al cielo, suspiró y exclamó:
— ¡Effata! (que significa “¡Ábrete!”).
35 Al punto se abrieron los oídos del sordo, se le desató la lengua y pudo hablar correctamente. 36 Jesús mandó a los presentes que no contaran a nadie lo sucedido; pero cuanto más se lo mandaba, más lo divulgaban. 37 Y la gente decía llena de asombro:
— Este lo ha hecho todo bien: hace que los sordos oigan y que los mudos hablen.
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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