Mark 7

NEW JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered round him,	1 And there assembled together unto him the Pharisees and some of the scribes, coming from Jerusalem.
2 and they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with unclean hands, that is, without washingthem.	2 And when they had seen some of his disciples eat bread with common, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault.
3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, keep the tradition of the elders and never eat without washing theirarms as far as the elbow;	3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews eat not without often washing their hands, holding the tradition of the ancients:
4 and on returning from the market place they never eat without first sprinkling themselves. There arealso many other observances which have been handed down to them to keep, concerning the washing of cupsand pots and bronze dishes.	4 And when they come from the market, unless they be washed, they eat not: and many other things there are that have been delivered to them to observe, the washings of cups and of pots, and of brazen vessels, and of beds.
5 So the Pharisees and scribes asked him, 'Why do your disciples not respect the tradition of the eldersbut eat their food with unclean hands?'	5 And the Pharisees and scribes asked him: Why do not thy disciples walk according to the tradition of the ancients, but they eat bread with common hands?
6 He answered, 'How rightly Isaiah prophesied about you hypocrites in the passage of scripture: Thispeople honours me only with lip-service, while their hearts are far from me.	6 But he answering, said to them: Well did Isaias prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
7 Their reverence of me is worthless; the lessons they teach are nothing but human commandments.	7 And in vain to they worship me, teaching doctrines and precepts of men.
8 You put aside the commandment of God to observe human traditions.'	8 For leaving the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, the washing of pots and of cups: and many other things you do like to these.
9 And he said to them, 'How ingeniously you get round the commandment of God in order to preserveyour own tradition!	9 And he said to them: Well do you make void the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition.
10 For Moses said: Honour your father and your mother, and, Anyone who curses father or mother mustbe put to death.	10 For Moses said: Honor thy father and thy mother; and He that shall curse father or mother, dying let him die.
11 But you say, "If a man says to his father or mother: Anything I have that I might have used to help youis Korban (that is, dedicated to God),"	11 But you say: If a man shall say to his father or mother, Corban, (which is a gift,) whatsoever is from me, shall profit thee.
12 then he is forbidden from that moment to do anything for his father or mother.	12 And further you suffer him not to do any thing for his father or mother,
13 In this way you make God's word ineffective for the sake of your tradition which you have handeddown. And you do many other things like this.'	13 Making void the word of God by your own tradition, which you have given forth. And many other such like things you do.
14 He called the people to him again and said, 'Listen to me, al of you, and understand.	14 And calling again the multitude unto him, he said to them: Hear ye me all, and understand.
15 Nothing that goes into someone from outside can make that person unclean; it is the things that comeout of someone that make that person unclean.	15 There is nothing from without a man that entering into him, can defile him. But the things which come from a man, those are they that defile a man.
16 Anyone who has ears for listening should listen!'	16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
17 When he had gone into the house, away from the crowd, his disciples questioned him about theparable.	17 And when he was come into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked him the parable.
18 He said to them, 'Even you -- don't you understand? Can't you see that nothing that goes intosomeone from outside can make that person unclean,	18 And he saith to them: So are you also without knowledge? understand you not that every thing from without, entering into a man cannot defile him:
19 because it goes not into the heart but into the stomach and passes into the sewer?' (Thus hepronounced al foods clean.)	19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but goeth into the belly, and goeth out into the privy, purging all meats?
20 And he went on, 'It is what comes out of someone that makes that person unclean.	20 But he said that the things which come out from a man, they defile a man.
21 For it is from within, from the heart, that evil intentions emerge: fornication, theft, murder,	21 For from within out of the heart of men proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
22 adultery, avarice, malice, deceit, indecency, envy, slander, pride, fol y.	22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.
23 Al these evil things come from within and make a person unclean.'	23 All these evil things come from within, and defile a man.
24 He left that place and set out for the territory of Tyre. There he went into a house and did not wantanyone to know he was there; but he could not pass unrecognised.	24 And rising from thence he went into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon: and entering into a house, he would that no man should know it, and he could not be hid.
25 At once a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him and came and fel at hisfeet.	25 For a woman as soon as she heard of him, whose daughter had an unclean spirit, came in and fell down at his feet.
26 Now this woman was a gentile, by birth a Syro-Phoenician, and she begged him to drive the devil outof her daughter.	26 For the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophenician born. And she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
27 And he said to her, 'The children should be fed first, because it is not fair to take the children's foodand throw it to little dogs.'	27 Who said to her: Suffer first the children to be filled: for it is not good to take the bread of the children, and cast it to the dogs.
28 But she spoke up, 'Ah yes, sir,' she replied, 'but little dogs under the table eat the scraps from thechildren.'	28 But she answered and said to him: Yea, Lord; for the whelps also eat under the table of the crumbs of the children.
29 And he said to her, 'For saying this you may go home happy; the devil has gone out of your daughter.'	29 And he said to her: For this saying go thy way, the devil is gone out of thy daughter.
30 So she went off home and found the child lying on the bed and the devil gone.	30 And when she was come into her house, she found the girl lying upon the bed, and that the devil was gone out.
31 Returning from the territory of Tyre, he went by way of Sidon towards the Lake of Galilee, right throughthe Decapolis territory.	31 And again going out of the coasts of Tyre, he came by Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
32 And they brought him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they asked him to lay hishand on him.	32 And they bring to him one deaf and dumb; and they besought him that he would lay his hand upon him.
33 He took him aside to be by themselves, away from the crowd, put his fingers into the man's ears andtouched his tongue with spittle.	33 And taking him from the multitude apart, he put his fingers into his ears, and spitting, he touched his tongue:
34 Then looking up to heaven he sighed; and he said to him, 'Ephphatha,' that is, 'Be opened.'	34 And looking up to heaven, he groaned, and said to him: Ephpheta, which is, Be thou opened.
35 And his ears were opened, and at once the impediment of his tongue was loosened and he spokeclearly.	35 And immediately his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke right.
36 And Jesus ordered them to tel no one about it, but the more he insisted, the more widely theyproclaimed it.	36 And he charged them that they should tell no man. But the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal did they publish it.
37 Their admiration was unbounded, and they said, 'Everything he does is good, he makes the deaf hearand the dumb speak.'	37 And so much the more did they wonder, saying: He hath done all things well; he hath made both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.