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Mark 7:1 (show verse)

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

Mark 7:2 (show verse)

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

Mark 7:3 (show verse)

(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.

Mark 7:4 (show verse)

They do not eat when they come from the marketplace, unless they wash, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, copper vessels, and dining couches.)

Mark 7:5 (show verse)

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 unwashed hands?"

Mark 7:6 (show verse)

He said to 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.

Mark 7:7 (show verse)

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

Mark 7:8 (show verse)

"For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men."

Mark 7:9 (show verse)

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

Mark 7:10 (show verse)

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

Mark 7:11 (show verse)

But 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;"'

Mark 7:12 (show verse)

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

Mark 7:13 (show verse)

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

Mark 7:14 (show verse)

He called all the crowd to himself, and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand.

Mark 7:15 (show verse)

There 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."

Mark 7:16 (show verse)

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

Mark 7:17 (show verse)

Mark 7:18 (show verse)

He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him,

Mark 7:19 (show verse)

because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, cleansing all the foods?"

Mark 7:20 (show verse)

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

Mark 7:21 (show verse)

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

Mark 7:22 (show verse)

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

Mark 7:23 (show verse)

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

Mark 7:24 (show verse)

From there he arose, and went away into the region of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house, and did not want anyone to know it, but he could not escape notice.

Mark 7:25 (show verse)

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

Mark 7:26 (show verse)

Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.
the Canaanites » Some descendants of, in our lord's time
Children » Prayers for » The syrophenician mother
Demons » The daughter of the syrophoenician woman
Faith » Instances of faith in Christ » The syrophoenician woman
Faith » Trial of » The syrophoenician woman
Family » Parental prayers » The syrophenician mother
Family » Devotions » The syrophenician mother
Greece » Inhabitants of » Called "gentiles" (non-jews)
Home » Parental prayers » The syrophenician mother
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » The daughter of the syro-phoenician woman healed
Jesus Christ » History of » Heals the daughter of the syro-phoenician woman (near tyre and sidon)
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Heals the daughter of the non-jewish, syro-phoenician woman
Parents » Prayers » The syrophenician mother
woman's Persistence » Examples of the persistence of » The syrophenician
Prayer » Importunity in » The non-jewish, syro-phoenician woman
Prayer » Parental prayers » The syrophenician mother
Religion » Parental prayers » The syrophenician mother
sidon » A city » A city on the northern boundary of the canaanites » Jesus visits the region of, and heals the daughter of the non-jewish, syro-phoenician woman
Syria » And it included phoenicia
Syro-phoenician » The nationality of a non-jewish woman whose daughter was cured by jesus
Tyre » City of » Heals the daughter of the non-jewish, syrophenician woman near
Women » Persistence of examples of » The syrophenician
Worship » Parental prayers » The syrophenician mother

Mark 7:27 (show verse)

But he 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."

Mark 7:28 (show verse)

But she answered him, "Yes, Sir. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."

Mark 7:29 (show verse)

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

Mark 7:30 (show verse)

And when she went away to her house, she found the child lying on the bed, the demon having left.

Mark 7:31 (show verse)

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

Mark 7:32 (show verse)

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

Mark 7:33 (show verse)

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

Mark 7:34 (show verse)

Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha." that is, "Be opened."

Mark 7:35 (show verse)

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

Mark 7:36 (show verse)

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

Mark 7:37 (show verse)

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