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A GROUP OF PHARISEES, with some doctors of the law who had come from Jerusalem, met him | The Tradition of the Elders Mk.7.1-23 (Capernaum) -[ Mk.7.1-23 → ] - Mt.15.1-20 |
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and noticed that some of his disciples were eating their food with 'defiled' hands—in other words, without washing them. | |
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(For the Pharisees and the Jews in general never eat without washing the hands, in obedience to an old-established tradition; | |
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and on coming from the market-place they never eat without first washing. And there are many other points on which they have a traditional rule to maintain, for example, washing of cups and jugs and copper bowls.) | |
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Accordingly, these Pharisees and the lawyers asked him, 'Why do your disciples not conform to the ancient tradition, but eat their food with defiled hands?' | |
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He answered, 'Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites in these words: "This people pays me lip-service, but their heart is far from me: | - This people honours me with their lips Mk.7.6-7 - Is.29.13 |
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their worship of me is in vain, for they teach as doctrines the commandments of men." | |
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You neglect the commandment of God, in order to maintain the tradition of men.'
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He also said to them, 'How well you set aside the commandment of God in order to maintain your tradition! | |
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Moses said, "Honour your father and your mother", and, "The man who curses his father or mother must suffer death." | - Honor your father and your mother Mk.7.10 - Ex.20.12, Dt.5.16 |
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But you hold that if a man says to his father or mother, "Anything of mine which might have been used for your benefit is Corban"' (meaning, set apart for God), | |
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'he is no longer permitted to do anything for his father or mother. | |
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Thus by your own tradition, handed down among you, you make God's word null and void. And many other things that you do are just like that.'
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On another occasion he called the people and said to them, 'Listen to me, all of you, and understand this: | |
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nothing that goes into a man from outside can defile him; no, it is the things that come out of him that defile a man.' | |
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When he had left the people and gone indoors, his is disciples questioned him about the parable. | |
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He said to them, 'Are you as dull as the rest? Do you not see that nothing that goes from outside into a man can | |
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defile him, because it does not enter into his heart but into his stomach, and so passes out into the drain?' | |
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Thus he declared all foods clean. He went on, 'It is what comes out of a man that defiles him. | |
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For from inside, out of a man's heart, come evil thoughts, acts of fornication, of theft, murder, | |
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adultery, ruthless greed, and malice; fraud, indecency, envy, slander, arrogance, and folly; | |
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these evil things all come from inside, and they defile the man.'
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Then he left that place and went away into the territory of Tyre. He found a house to stay in, and he would have liked to remain unrecognized, but this was impossible. | The Syrophoenician Woman's Faith Mk.7.24-30 (Phoenicia) -[ Mk.7.24-30 → ] - Mt.15.21-28 |
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Almost at once a woman whose young daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit heard of him, came in, and fell at his feet. | |
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(She was a Gentile, a Phoenician of Syria by nationality.) She begged him to drive the spirit out of her daughter. | |
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He said to her, 'Let the children be satisfied first; it is not fair to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.' | |
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'Sir,' she answered, 'even the dogs under the table eat the children's scraps.' | |
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He said to her, 'For saying that, you may go home content; the unclean spirit has gone out of your daughter.' | |
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And when she returned home, she found the child lying in bed; the spirit had left her.
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On his return journey from Tyrian territory he went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee through the territory of the Ten Towns. | A Deaf and Dumb Man Healed Mk.7.31-37 (Tyre & Sidon) - |
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They brought to him a man who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, with the request that he would lay his hand on him. | |
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He took the man aside, away from the crowd, put his fingers into his ears, spat, and touched his tongue. | |
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Then, looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, 'Ephphatha', which means 'Be opened.' | |
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With that his ears were opened, and at the same time the impediment was removed and he spoke plainly. | |
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Jesus forbade them to tell anyone; but the more he forbade them, the more they published it. | |
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Their astonishment knew no bounds: 'All that he does, he does well,' they said; 'he even makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak.'
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