Mark 7:1-37 LSB

[1] And the Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered around Him when they had come from Jerusalem, [2] and had seen that some of His disciples were eating their bread with defiled hands, that is, unwashed. [3] (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they carefully wash their hands, thus observing the tradition of the elders; [4] and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash themselves; and there are many other things which they have received in order to observe, such as the washing of cups and pitchers and copper pots.) [5] And the Pharisees and the scribes asked Him, “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with defiled hands?” [6] And He said to them, “Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME. [7] ‘BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE COMMANDS OF MEN.’ [8] Leaving the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men.” [9] And He was also saying to them, “You are good at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition. [10] For Moses said, ‘HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER’; and, ‘HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER, IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH’; [11] but you say, ‘If a man says to his father or his mother, whatever you might benefit from me is Corban (that is to say, given to God),’ [12] you no longer leave him to do anything for his father or his mother; [13] thus invalidating the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that.” [14] And 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 man which can defile him if it goes into him; but the things which proceed out of the man are what defile the man. [16] [And if anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”] [17] And when He had left the crowd and entered the house, His disciples were asking Him about the parable. [18] And He said to them, “Are you lacking understanding in this way as well? Do you not perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him, [19] because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and goes to the sewer?” (Thus He declared all foods clean.) [20] And He was saying, “That which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man. [21] For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders, adulteries, [22] coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness. [23] All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man.” [24] Now Jesus stood up and went away from there to the region of Tyre. And when He had entered a house, He was wanting no one to know of it; yet He could not escape notice. [25] But after hearing of Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately came and fell at His feet. [26] Now the woman was a Greek, of Syrophoenician descent. And she kept asking 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 good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the 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 answer go; the demon has gone out of your daughter.” [30] And going back to her home, she found the child lying on the bed, the demon having left. [31] And again He went out from the region of Tyre, and came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, within the region of the Decapolis. [32] And they brought to Him one who was deaf and spoke with difficulty, and they pleaded with Him to lay His hand on him. [33] And Jesus took him aside from the crowd, by himself, and put His fingers into his ears, and after spitting, He touched his tongue; [34] and looking up to heaven with a sigh, He said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!” [35] And his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was removed, and he began speaking plainly. [36] And He gave them orders not to tell anyone; but the more He was ordering them, the more widely they continued to proclaim it. [37] And they were utterly astonished, saying, “He has done all things well; He makes even the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”