Mark Chapter 7
7:1 | Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from ![]() |
7:2 | And when they saw some of his disciples eat ![]() |
7:3 | For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash [their] hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. |
7:4 | 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, brazen vessels, and of tables. |
7:5 | Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat ![]() |
7:6 | 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. |
7:7 | Howbeit in vain ![]() |
7:8 | 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 ![]() |
7:9 | And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. |
7:10 | For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the ![]() |
7:11 | 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]. |
7:12 | And ye suffer him no more to ![]() |
7:13 | Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things ![]() |
7:14 | And when he had called all the people [unto him], he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one [of you], and understand: |
7:15 | 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. |
7:16 | If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. |
7:17 | And when he was entered into the ![]() |
7:18 | And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? ![]() |
7:19 | Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all ![]() |
7:20 | And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. |
7:21 | For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed ![]() |
7:22 | Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an ![]() |
7:23 | All these ![]() |
7:24 | And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an ![]() |
7:25 | For a [certain] woman, whose young daughter had an unclean ![]() ![]() |
7:26 | The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. |
7:27 | But ![]() ![]() |
7:28 | And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children' crumbs. |
7:29 | And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. |
7:30 | And when she was come to her ![]() |
7:31 | 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. |
7:32 | 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. |
7:33 | And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; |
7:34 | And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. |
7:35 | And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. |
7:36 | 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]; |
7:37 | And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak. |