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The Gospel According to St. Mark

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- Chapter 7 -

(Matthew 15:1–9)
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The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him.
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And they saw that some of his disciples ate bread with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.
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For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands, because they hold to the tradition of the elders.
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When the Pharisees come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they bathe themselves. And there are many other rules which they strictly follow, including the washing of cups, pots, copper vessels, and the couches upon which they eat.
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The Pharisees and the scribes asked Jesus, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, for they eat their bread with unwashed hands?”
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But he said to them, “Isaiah prophesied well about you hypocrites. He wrote, ’This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
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Empty worship they offer me, teaching the rules of men as their doctrines.’
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You abandon the commandment of God and hold fast to the tradition of men.”
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And he said to them, “How well you reject the commandment of God so you may keep your tradition!
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For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of his father or mother will surely die.’
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But you say, ‘If a man says to his father or mother, “Whatever help you would have received from me is Corban,”’ that is to say, ‘Given to God’-
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then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or his mother.
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You are making the commandment of God void by your tradition which you have handed down. And many similar things you do.”

What Defiles a Man

(Matthew 15:10–20)
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He called the crowd again and said to them, “Listen to me, all of you, and understand.
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There is nothing from outside of a person that can defile him when it enters into him. It is what comes out of the person that defiles him.”
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If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.
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Now when Jesus left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable.
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Jesus said, “Are you also still without understanding? Do you not see that whatever enters into a person from outside cannot defile him,
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because it cannot go into his heart, but it goes into his stomach and then passes out into the latrine?” With this statement Jesus made all foods clean.
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He said, “It is that which comes out of the person that defiles him.
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For from within a person, out of the heart, proceed evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
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adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, folly.
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All these evils come from within, and they are what defile a person.”

The Faith of the Gentile Woman

(Matthew 15:21–28)
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He got up from there and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. He came into a house and he did not want anyone to know he was there, yet he could not be hidden.
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But immediately a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, heard about him, came, and fell down at his feet.
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Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by descent. She begged him to cast out the demon from her daughter.
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He said to her, “Let the children first be fed. For it is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
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But she answered and said to him, “Yes, Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
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He said to her, “Because you have said this, you are free to go. The demon has gone out of your daughter.”
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She went back to her house and found the child lying on the bed, and the demon was gone.

The Deaf and Mute Man

(Matthew 9:27–34)
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Then he went out again from the region of Tyre, and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee up into the region of the Decapolis.
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And they brought to him someone who was deaf and had difficulty speaking, and they begged him to lay his hand on him.
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He took him aside from the crowd privately, and he put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting, he touched his tongue.
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He looked up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is to say, “Open!”
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And immediately his hearing was opened, and what prevented his tongue was destroyed and he could speak clearly.
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And he ordered them to tell no one. But the more he ordered them, the more abundantly they proclaimed it.
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They were absolutely astonished, saying, “He has done everything well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”
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(Matthew 15:1–9)
1
Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem.
2
Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is unwashed, hands, they found fault.
3
(For the Pharisees and all the Jews don’t eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.
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They don’t eat when they come from the marketplace unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.)
5
The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why don’t your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?”
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He answered them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
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They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ (a)
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“For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men—the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things.”
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He said to them, “Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.
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For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’ (b) and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’ (c)
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But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban,”’” (d) that is to say, given to God,
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“then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,
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making void the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down. You do many things like this.”

What Defiles a Man

(Matthew 15:10–20)
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He called all the multitude to himself and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand.
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There is nothing from outside of the man that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.
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If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!” (e)
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When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.
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He said to them, “Are you also without understanding? Don’t you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can’t defile him,
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because it doesn’t go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, making all foods clean?” (f)
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He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.
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For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,
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covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.
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All these evil things come from within and defile the man.”

The Faith of the Gentile Woman

(Matthew 15:21–28)
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From there he arose and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house and didn’t want anyone to know it, but he couldn’t escape notice.
25
For a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.
26
Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.
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But Jesus said to her, “Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
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But she answered him, “Yes, Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
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He said to her, “For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter.”
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She went away to her house, and found the child having been laid on the bed, with the demon gone out.

The Deaf and Mute Man

(Matthew 9:27–34)
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Again he departed from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee through the middle of the region of Decapolis.
32
They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him.
33
He took him aside from the multitude privately and put his fingers into his ears; and he spat and touched his tongue.
34
Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!”
35
Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke clearly.
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He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it.
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They were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!”

Footnotes

(a)7:7 ℘ Isaiah 29:13
(b)7:10 ℘ Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16
(c)7:10 ℘ Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9
(d)7:11 Corban is a Hebrew word for an offering devoted to God.
(e)7:16 NU omits verse 16.
(f)7:19 NU ends Jesus’ direct quote and question after “latrine”, ending the verse with “Thus he declared all foods clean.
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