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Mark 7:1 (show verse)

The Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered around Him when they had come from Jerusalem,

Mark 7:2 (show verse)

and had seen that some of His disciples were eating their bread with impure hands, that is, unwashed.

Mark 7:3 (show verse)

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they carefully wash their hands, thus observing the traditions of the elders;

Mark 7:4 (show verse)

and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they cleanse 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.)

Mark 7:5 (show verse)

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 impure hands?”

Mark 7:6 (show verse)

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.

Mark 7:7 (show verse)

But in vain do they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’

Mark 7:8 (show verse)

Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men.”

Mark 7:9 (show verse)

He was also saying to them, “You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition.

Mark 7:10 (show verse)

For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, is to be put to death’;

Mark 7:11 (show verse)

but you say, ‘If a man says to his father or his mother, whatever I have that would help you is Corban (that is to say, given to God),’

Mark 7:12 (show verse)

you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or his mother;

Mark 7:13 (show verse)

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

Mark 7:14 (show verse)

After He called the crowd to Him again, He began saying to them, “Listen to Me, all of you, and understand:

Mark 7:15 (show verse)

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.

Mark 7:16 (show verse)

[If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”]

Mark 7:17 (show verse)

When he had left the crowd and entered the house, His disciples questioned Him about the parable.

Mark 7:18 (show verse)

And He *said to them, “Are you so lacking in understanding also? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him,

Mark 7:19 (show verse)

because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is eliminated?” (Thus He declared all foods clean.)

Mark 7:20 (show verse)

And He was saying, That which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man.

Mark 7:21 (show verse)

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,

Mark 7:22 (show verse)

deeds of coveting and wickedness, as well as deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride and foolishness.

Mark 7:23 (show verse)

All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man.”

Mark 7:24 (show verse)

Jesus got up and went away from there to the region of Tyre. And when He had entered a house, He wanted no one to know of it; yet He could not escape notice.

Mark 7:25 (show verse)

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

Mark 7:26 (show verse)

Now the woman was a Gentile, of the Syrophoenician race. And she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.
the Canaanites » Some descendants of, in our lord's time
Children » Prayers for » The syrophenician mother
Demons » The daughter of the syrophoenician woman
Faith » Instances of faith in Christ » The syrophoenician woman
Faith » Trial of » The syrophoenician woman
Family » Parental prayers » The syrophenician mother
Family » Devotions » The syrophenician mother
Greece » Inhabitants of » Called "gentiles" (non-jews)
Home » Parental prayers » The syrophenician mother
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » The daughter of the syro-phoenician woman healed
Jesus Christ » History of » Heals the daughter of the syro-phoenician woman (near tyre and sidon)
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Heals the daughter of the non-jewish, syro-phoenician woman
Parents » Prayers » The syrophenician mother
woman's Persistence » Examples of the persistence of » The syrophenician
Prayer » Importunity in » The non-jewish, syro-phoenician woman
Prayer » Parental prayers » The syrophenician mother
Religion » Parental prayers » The syrophenician mother
sidon » A city » A city on the northern boundary of the canaanites » Jesus visits the region of, and heals the daughter of the non-jewish, syro-phoenician woman
Syria » And it included phoenicia
Syro-phoenician » The nationality of a non-jewish woman whose daughter was cured by jesus
Tyre » City of » Heals the daughter of the non-jewish, syrophenician woman near
Women » Persistence of examples of » The syrophenician
Worship » Parental prayers » The syrophenician mother

Mark 7:27 (show verse)

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.”

Mark 7:28 (show verse)

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

Mark 7:29 (show verse)

And He said to her, “Because of this answer go; the demon has gone out of your daughter.”

Mark 7:30 (show verse)

And going back to her home, she found the child lying on the bed, the demon having left.

Mark 7:31 (show verse)

Again He went out from the region of Tyre, and came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, within the region of Decapolis.

Mark 7:32 (show verse)

They *brought to Him one who was deaf and spoke with difficulty, and they *implored Him to lay His hand on him.

Mark 7:33 (show verse)

Jesus took him aside from the crowd, by himself, and put His fingers into his ears, and after spitting, He touched his tongue with the saliva;

Mark 7:34 (show verse)

and looking up to heaven with a deep sigh, He *said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!”

Mark 7:35 (show verse)

And his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was removed, and he began speaking plainly.

Mark 7:36 (show verse)

And He gave them orders not to tell anyone; but the more He ordered them, the more widely they continued to proclaim it.

Mark 7:37 (show verse)

They were utterly astonished, saying, “He has done all things well; He makes even the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”