Mark

¹Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes came from Jerusalem and gathered to [see] Jesus.^{469 2}When they saw that some of his disciples were eating bread with defiled⁴⁷⁰ (that is, unwashed) hands,⁴⁷¹ they found fault. ³(For the Pharisees and all the Jews hold to the tradition of the presbyters and do not eat unless they wash their hands and forearms. ⁴[Also], they do not eat when they return from the marketplace unless they [first] bathe themselves; and there are many other things which they have received and observe: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.) ⁵Then the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why is it that your disciples do not live by⁴⁷² the tradition of the presbyters, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?”

⁶Jesus answered them, “Well did Isaias (Isaiah) prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written:

‘This people honors me with their lips,

but their heart is far from me.

⁷And in vain do they express adoration⁴⁷³ before me,

teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’⁴⁷⁴

⁸Indeed, you set aside the commandment of God and hold fast⁴⁷⁵ to human tradition⁴⁷⁶—the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things.” ⁹He said to them, “How ingeniously do you reject the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition! ¹⁰For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’⁴⁷⁷ and, ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother should be put to death.’^{478 11}But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or mother, “Whatever [support] you might have received from me is Corban⁴⁷⁹ (that is, dedicated to God)”‘ ¹²then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or mother. ¹³Thus, you nullify the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down.⁴⁸⁰ And you do many [other] things like this.”

¹⁴Jesus called the entire crowd to himself and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand! ¹⁵There is nothing outside a person that by going in can defile; it is what comes out that defiles the person. ¹⁶<Anyone who has ears for listening should listen!”>⁴⁸¹

¹⁷When he had entered into a house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable. ¹⁸He said to them, “Are you also without understanding? Do you not yet perceive that whatever goes into someone from the outside cannot defile that person ¹⁹because it does not go into his heart but into the stomach, and then into the sewer (thus he declared all foods to be clean)⁴⁸²?” ²⁰He said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles that person. ²¹Indeed, it is from within, out of human hearts, that evil thoughts proceed: adultery, sexual immorality, murder, theft, ²²greed,⁴⁸³ wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye⁴⁸⁴, blasphemy⁴⁸⁵, pride, and foolishness.^{486 23}All these evil things come from within and make a person unclean.”

The faith of a Canaanite Woman—Crumbs from the table

²⁴From there, he arose and went away to the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it, yet he could not escape notice. ²⁵Having heard about Jesus,⁴⁸⁷ a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit came and fell down at his feet. ²⁶Now this woman was a Greek, of Syro-Phoenician descent. She begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. ²⁷But Jesus said to her, “Let the children be filled first, for it is not right to take the children’s bread and to throw it to the little dogs!”

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

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

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

The healing of a deaf man

³¹Again, Jesus⁴⁸⁸ departed from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee, passing through the region of the Decapolis. ³²And [some] people brought him a person who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they begged Jesus to lay his hand on him. ³³And taking him aside from the crowd, in private, he put his fingers into the man’s⁴⁸⁹ ears, then spat and touched his tongue. ³⁴Looking up to heaven, Jesus⁴⁹⁰ sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!” ³⁵Immediately, the man’s ears were opened; the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke clearly. ³⁶Jesus told the people to tell no one, but the more he ordered them, the more widely they proclaimed it. ³⁷They were amazed beyond words, saying, “Everything he has done is good! He even makes the deaf hear, and the mute speak!”

The feeding of the four thousand

469. Greek “him”
470. Or “(ritually) impure”
471. CT omits the rest of the verse
472. Or “walk according to”
473. proskuneo can also be translated “worship (in the broad sense),” “venerate,” “fall down in reverence,” “do obeisance” (see NT introduction regarding proskuneo)
474. Isaias 29:13. NT agrees with LXX against MT.
475. Or “observe/carry out”
476. By contrast with divine or apostolic tradition of God which by nature cannot contradict God’s commandments
477. Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16
478. Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9
479. Corban is a Hebrew word for an offering devoted to God.
480. Note that the word tradition refers to a content (or teaching) as well as a process of transmission.
481. This verse is only found in the Byzantine tradition (but is actually omitted in the PT). CT also omits this verse.
482. Or “thus purging all foods”
483. Also “covetousness” or in some cases “forcing someone to do something/obtaining by force”
484. Greek ovfqalmo.j ponhro,j, conveys the idea of looking with jealousy and evil intent
485. Or “slander”
486. Or even “folly”
487. Greek “him”
488. Greek “he”
489. Greek “his”
490. Greek “he”