Mark 7

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.	1 Now when the Pharisees with some scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him,
2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.	2 they observed that some of his disciples ate their meals with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands.
3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.	3 (For the Pharisees and, in fact, all Jews, do not eat without carefully washing their hands, keeping the tradition of the elders.
4 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.	4 And on coming from the marketplace they do not eat without purifying themselves. And there are many other things that they have traditionally observed, the purification of cups and jugs and kettles (and beds).)
5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?	5 So the Pharisees and scribes questioned him, "Why do your disciples not follow the tradition of the elders but instead eat a meal with unclean hands?"
6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.	6 He responded, "Well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me;
7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctines the commandments of men.	7 In vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines human precepts.'
8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.	8 You disregard God's commandment but cling to human tradition."
9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.	9 He went on to say, "How well you have set aside the commandment of God in order to uphold your tradition!
10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:	10 For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'Whoever curses father or mother shall die.'
11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.	11 Yet you say, 'If a person says to father or mother, "Any support you might have had from me is qorban"' (meaning, dedicated to God),
12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;	12 you allow him to do nothing more for his father or mother.
13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.	13 You nullify the word of God in favor of your tradition that you have handed on. And you do many such things."
14 And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:	14 He summoned the crowd again and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand.
15 There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.	15 Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile."
16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.	16 )
17 And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.	17 When he got home away from the crowd his disciples questioned him about the parable.
18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;	18 He said to them, "Are even you likewise without understanding? Do you not realize that everything that goes into a person from outside cannot defile,
19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?	19 since it enters not the heart but the stomach and passes out into the latrine?" (Thus he declared all foods clean.)
20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.	20 "But what comes out of a person, that is what defiles.
21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,	21 From within people, from their hearts, come evil thoughts, unchastity, theft, murder,
22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:	22 adultery, greed, malice, deceit, licentiousness, envy, blasphemy, arrogance, folly.
23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.	23 All these evils come from within and they defile."
24 And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid.	24 From that place he went off to the district of Tyre. He entered a house and wanted no one to know about it, but he could not escape notice.
25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:	25 Soon a woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him. She came and fell at his feet.
26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.	26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth, and she begged him to drive the demon out of her daughter.
27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.	27 He said to her, "Let the children be fed first. For it is not right to take the food of the children and throw it to the dogs."
28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.	28 She replied and said to him, "Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children's scraps."
29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.	29 Then he said to her, "For saying this, you may go. The demon has gone out of your daughter."
30 And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.	30 When the woman went home, she found the child lying in bed and the demon gone.
31 And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.	31 Again he left the district of Tyre and went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, into the district of the Decapolis.
32 And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.	32 And people brought to him a deaf man who had a speech impediment and begged him to lay his hand on him.
33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;	33 He took him off by himself away from the crowd. He put his finger into the man's ears and, spitting, touched his tongue;
34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.	34 then he looked up to heaven and groaned, and said to him, "Ephphatha!" (that is, "Be opened!")
35 And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.	35 And (immediately) the man's ears were opened, his speech impediment was removed, and he spoke plainly.
36 And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;	36 He ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more he ordered them not to, the more they proclaimed it.
37 And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.	37 They were exceedingly astonished and they said, "He has done all things well. He makes the deaf hear and (the) mute speak."