Mark 7 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

God’s Commandments, Man’s Traditions

(Mat 15:1–20 )

And the Pharisees^G5330 and some^G5100 of the scribes^G1122 *gathered^G4863 around^G4314 Him when they had come^G2064 from Jerusalem^G2414,

Mar 7:2

Mar 7:2and had seen that some of His disciples were eating their bread with defiled hands, that is, unwashed.

Mar 7:3

Mar 7:3(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they [fn]carefully wash their hands, thus observing the tradition of the elders;

Mar 7:4

Mar 7:4and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they [fn]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.)

Mar 7:5

Mar 7:5And 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?”

Mar 7:6

Mar 7:6And He said to them, “Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written:

‘THIS^G3778 PEOPLE^G2992 HONORS^G5091 ME WITH THEIR LIPS^G5491,

BUT THEIR HEART^G2588 IS FAR^G4206 AWAY^G568^G4206 FROM ME.

Mar 7:7

‘BUT IN^G3155 VAIN^G3155 DO THEY WORSHIP^G4576 ME,

TEACHING^G1321 AS DOCTRINES^G1319 THE COMMANDS^G1778 OF MEN^G444.’

Mar 7:8

“Leaving^G863 the commandment^G1785 of God^G2316, you hold^G2902 to the tradition^G3862 of men^G444.”

Mar 7:9

And He was also^G2532 saying^G3004 to them, “You are good^G2573 at setting^G114 aside^G114 the commandment^G1785 of God^G2316 in^G2443 order^G2443 to^G2443 keep^G5083 your tradition^G3862.

Mar 7:10

Mar 7:10“For Moses said, ‘HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER’; and, ‘HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER, IS TO [fn]BE PUT TO DEATH’;

Mar 7:11

Mar 7:11but you say, ‘If a man says to his father or his mother, whatever you might benefit from me is Corban (that is to say, [fn]given to God),’

Mar 7:12

Mar 7:12you no longer leave him to do anything for his father or his mother;

Mar 7:13

Mar 7:13thus invalidating the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that.”

The Heart of Man

Mar 7:14

And after He called^G4341 the crowd^G3793 to Him again^G3825, He began saying^G3004 to them, “Listen^G191 to Me, all^G3956 of you, and understand^G4920:

Mar 7:15

Mar 7:15there 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.

Mar 7:16

Mar 7:16 [fn][“And if anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”]

Mar 7:17

And when^G3753 He had left^G575 the crowd^G3793 and entered^G1525 the house^G3624, His disciples^G3101 were asking^G1905 Him about the parable^G3850.

Mar 7:18

Mar 7:18And He *said to them, “Are you lacking understanding in this way as well? Do you not [fn]perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him,

Mar 7:19

Mar 7:19because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and goes to the sewer?” (Thus He declared all foods clean.)

Mar 7:20

Mar 7:20And He was saying, “That which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man.

Mar 7:21

Mar 7:21“For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders, adulteries,

Mar 7:22

Mar 7:22coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, [fn]envy, slander, [fn]pride, and foolishness.

Mar 7:23

Mar 7:23“All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man.”

A Gentile Woman’s Faith

(Mat 15:21–28 )

Mar 7:24

Now Jesus stood^G450 up^G450 and went^G565 away^G565 from^G1564 there^G1564 to the region^G3725 of Tyre^G5184[fn]. And when He had entered^G1525 a house^G3614, He was wanting^G2309 no^G3762 one^G3762 to know^G1097 of it; [fn]yet^G2532 He could^G1410 not escape^G2990 notice^G2990.

Mar 7:25

Mar 7:25But after hearing of Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately came and fell at His feet.

Mar 7:26

Mar 7:26Now the woman was a [fn]Greek, of Syrophoenician descent. And she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

Mar 7:27

Mar 7:27And He was saying to her, “Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not [fn]good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”

Mar 7:28

Mar 7:28But she answered and *said to Him, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table feed on the children’s crumbs.”

Mar 7:29

Mar 7:29And He said to her, “Because of this [fn]answer go; the demon has gone out of your daughter.”

Mar 7:30

Mar 7:30And going back to her home, she found the child [fn]lying on the bed, the demon having left.

The Deaf Hear, the Mute Speak

(Mat 15:29–31 )

Mar 7:31

And again^G3825 He went^G1831 out^G1831 from the region^G3725 of Tyre^G5184, and came^G2064 through^G1223 Sidon^G4605 to the Sea^G2281 of Galilee^G1056, within^G303^G3319 the region^G3725 of the Decapolis^G1179.