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Themes in Mark 7
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Themes in Mark 7

Mark 7:1

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

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

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

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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.)

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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?”

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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.

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

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

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

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

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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),’

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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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,

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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Now the woman was a Gentile, of the Syrophoenician race. And she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

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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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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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;

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

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

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

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