Mark 7

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1Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem.

2Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault.

3(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, don’t eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.

4They don’t eat when they come from the marketplace, unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.)

5The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why don’t your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?”

6He answered them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

7But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’

8“For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men—the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things.”

9He said to them, “Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.

10For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

11But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban , that is to say, given to God”;’

12then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,

13making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this.”

14He called all the multitude to himself, and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand.

15There is nothing from outside of the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.

16If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”

17When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.

18He said to them, “Are you thus without understanding also? Don’t you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can’t defile him,

19because it doesn’t go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, thus purifying all foods?”

20He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.

21For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,

22covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.

23All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.”

24From there he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house, and didn’t want anyone to know it, but he couldn’t escape notice.

25For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.

26Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.

27But Jesus said to her, “Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”

28But she answered him, “Yes, Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”

29He said to her, “For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter.”

30She went away to her house, and found the child having been laid on the bed, with the demon gone out.

31Again he departed from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee, through the middle of the region of Decapolis.

32They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him.

33He took him aside from the multitude, privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue.

34Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!”

35Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke clearly.

36He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it.

37They were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak!”

Commentary

"\nAnd when they saw some of his disciples,.... An opportunity soon offered of giving them an handle against him: for observing some of his disciples to sit down to meat, they took notice that they\n\neat bread with defiled (that is to say, with unwashen) hands, and\nthey found fault; with them, and charged them with the breach of the traditions of the elders, and took an occasion from hence of quarrelling with Christ. The Jews use the same phrase the evangelist here does, and interpret it in just the same manner: so, speaking of things eaten, \u05d1\u05d9\u05d3\u05d9\u05dd \u05de\u05e1\u05d5\u05d0\u05d1\u05d5\u05ea, "with defiled hands"; that is, says the commentator {i}, it is all one as if it was said, \u05d1\u05dc\u05d0 \u05e0\u05d8\u05d9\u05dc\u05ea \u05d9\u05d3\u05d9\u05dd, "without washing of hands"; which was esteemed a very great crime, and especially if done in a contemptuous way: for they say {k},\n\n"he that despiseth washing of hands, shall be rooted out of the world; for in it is the secret of the decalogue:''\n\nand particularly to eat with unwashed hands, was unpardonable in a disciple of a wise man; for they looked upon this to be the characteristic of one of the vulgar people, a common and illiterate man: for they ask {l},\n\n"who is one of the people of the earth, or a plebeian? he that does not eat his common food with purity.''\n\nBy this also they distinguished a Jew from a Gentile; if he washed his hands, and blessed, he was known to be an Israelite, but if not, a Gentile {m}; [See comments on Mt 15:2].\n\n{i} Bartenora in Misn. Cholin, c. 2. sect. 5. {k} Zoharin Numb fol. 100. 3. {l} T. Bab. Gittin, fol. 61. 1. {m} Bevaidbar Rabba, fol. 228. 4.\n\n\n "

7:1-13 One great design of Christ's coming was, to set aside the ceremonial law; and to make way for this, he rejects the ceremonies men added to the law of God's making. Those clean hands and that pure heart which Christ bestows on his disciples, and requires of them, are very different from the outward and superstitious forms of Pharisees of every age. Jesus reproves them for rejecting the commandment of God. It is clear that it is the duty of children, if their parents are poor, to relieve them as far as they are able; and if children deserve to die that curse their parents, much more those that starve them. But if a man conformed to the traditions of the Pharisees, they found a device to free him from the claim of this duty.

"\nFor the Pharisees, and all the Jews,.... The far greater part of them; all, excepting the Sadducees; and especially the Pharisees, were very tenacious of this tradition of washing hands before eating: hence Pharisees are described as such, \u05d1\u05d8\u05d4\u05e8\u05d4\n\u05d0\u05d5\u05db\u05dc\u05d9 \u05d7\u05d5\u05dc\u05d9\u05d4\u05df, "that eat their common food with cleanness" {n}, i.e. of hands: these,\n\nexcept they wash their hands oft, eat not; or except they wash very cautiously, with great care, diligence, and exactness, as the Syriac version suggests; and about which there are various rules given, to be observed with great strictness {o}. Some render the words, "they wash their hands to the elbow"; and this is a rule with the Jews, which is closely to be abode by, that the washing of hands is to be,\n\u05e2\u05d3 \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7, "to the joint", which joins the hand and arm together {p}: particularly it is observed {q}, that\n\n"washing of the hands for the eating of the offering, is unto the elbow, and for common food, to the joints of the fingers: he that eats with an ancient man, and does not wash his hands to the elbow, he may not eat with him.''\n\nWell may it be added,\n\nholding the tradition of the elders; nor do the Jews pretend the authority of the Scriptures as obliging them to such rules; for, they say, the command concerning washing of hands is, \u05de\u05d3\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9 \u05e1\u05d5\u05e4\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd, "from the words of the Scribes" {r}; and is \u05de\u05e6\u05d5\u05ea \u05d7\u05db\u05de\u05d9\u05dd, "a command of the wise men" {s}. The tradition is this:\n\n"they wash hands for common food, but for the tithe, and for the first offering, and for that which is holy, they dip them, and for the sin offering; for if the hands are defiled; the body is defiled {t}.''\n\nAnd this tradition of the elders, the Scribes, and Pharisees, strictly observed.\n\n{n} Gloss in T. Bab. Chagiga, fol. 18. 2. Maimon. & Bartenora in Misn. Chagiga, c. 2. sect. 7. {o} Vid. Maimon. Hilch. Bcracot, c. 6. {p} T. Bab. Cholin, fol. 106. 1, 2. Maimon. Hilch. Beracot, c. 6. 4. Maimon. & Bartenora in Misn. Eracin, c. 5. sect. 1. Zohar in Deut. fol. 115. 2. {q} T. Hieros. Betacot, fol. 12. 1. {r} Maimon. Hilch. Mikvaot, c. 11. sect. 1. {s} Ib. Beracot, c. 6. sect. 2. {t} Misn. Chagiga, c. 2. sect. 5.\n\n\n "

"\nAnd when they come from the market,....

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AMHEVG ፈሪሳውያንና ከጻፎች ወገን ከኢየሩሳሌም የመጡትም ወደ እርሱ ተሰበሰቡ። አማርኛ ENGNIV The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus and English BCV ፈሪሳውያንን ካብ ኢየሩሳሌም ዝመፁ መምህራን ሕግን ናብኡ ተኣከቡ። ትግርኛ GAZBIB Fariisonni yommus barsiisota seeraa Yerusaalemii dhufan tokkoo wajjin Yesus biratti walitti qabaman. Afaan Oromoo BCV GIZ ወተጋብኡ ኀቤሁ ጸሐፍት ወፈሪሳውያን መጺኦሙ እምኢየሩሳሌም። giz GAZGAZ Fariisonni yommus barsiisota seeraa Yerusaalemii dhufan tokkoo wajjin Yesus biratti walitti qabaman. Afaan Oromoo BCV aksum ፈሪሳውያንን ካብ ኢየሩሳሌም ዝመፁ መምህራን ሕግን ናብኡ ተኣከቡ። ትግርኛ AMHNIV ከዚህ በኋላ ፈሪሳውያንና ከኢየሩሳሌም የመጡ አንዳንድ ጸሐፍት በዙሪያው ተሰበሰቡ፤ አማርኛ