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Mark 7 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:1 - And there came together to him the Pharisees and certain of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:2 - And had seen that some of his disciples took their bread with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:3 - Now the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not take food without washing their hands with care, keeping the old rule which has been handed down to them:
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:4 - And when they come from the market-place, they take no food till their hands are washed; and a number of other orders there are, which have been handed down to them to keep--washings of cups and pots and brass vessels.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:5 - And the Pharisees and the scribes put the question to him, Why do your disciples not keep the rules of the fathers, but take their bread with unwashed hands?
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:6 - And he said, Well did Isaiah say of you, you false ones: These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:7 - But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:8 - For, turning away from the law of God, you keep the rules of men.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:9 - And he said to them, Truly you put on one side the law of God, so that you may keep the rules which have been handed down to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:10 - For Moses said, Give honour to your father and mother, and, He who says evil of father or mother, let him have the punishment of death:
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:11 - But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God,
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:12 - You no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother;
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:13 - Making the word of God of no effect by your rule, which you have given: and a number of other such things you do.

The Heart of Man

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:14 - And turning to the people again, he said to them, Give ear to me all of you, and let my words be clear to you:
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:15 - There is nothing outside the man which, going into him, is able to make him unclean: but the things which come out of the man are those which make the man unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:17 - And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about the saying.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:18 - And he said to them, Have even you so little wisdom? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside is not able to make him unclean,
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:19 - Because it goes not into the heart but into the stomach, and goes out with the waste? He said this, making all food clean.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:20 - And he said, That which comes out of the man, that makes the man unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:21 - Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:22 - The taking of goods and of life, broken faith between husband and wife, the desire of wealth, wrongdoing, deceit, sins of the flesh, an evil eye, angry words, pride, foolish acts:
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:23 - All these evil things come from inside, and make the man unclean.

The Syrophoenician Woman

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:24 - And he went away from there to the country of Tyre and Sidon. And he went into a house, desiring that no man might have knowledge of it: and he was not able to keep it secret.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:25 - But a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having had news of him, came straight away and went down at his feet.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:26 - Now the woman was a Greek, a Syro-phoenician by birth: and she made a request to him that he would send the evil spirit out of her daughter.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:27 - And he said to her, Let the children first have their food: for it is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:28 - But she said to him in answer, Yes, Lord: even the dogs under the table take the bits dropped by the children.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:29 - And he said to her, For this saying go your way; the evil spirit has gone out of your daughter.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:30 - And she went away to her house, and saw the child on the bed, and the evil spirit gone out.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:31 - And again he went out from Tyre, and came through Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the country of Decapolis.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:32 - And they came to him with one who had no power of hearing and had trouble in talking; and they made a request to him to put his hands on him.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:33 - And he took him on one side from the people privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he put water from his mouth on the man's tongue with his finger;
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:34 - And looking up to heaven, he took a deep breath, and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be open.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:35 - And his ears became open, and the band of his tongue was made loose, and his words became clear.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:36 - And he gave them orders not to give news of it to anyone; but the more he made this request, so much the more they made it public.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:37 - And they were overcome with wonder, saying, He has done all things well: he even gives back the power of hearing and the power of talking to those who have been without them.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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