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Themes in Mark 7
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Themes in Mark 7

Mark 7:1

And there gather together to Him the Pharisees, and some of the scribes, who came from Jerusalem,

Mark 7:2

and saw that some of His disciples ate bread with defiled, that is, unwashed hands.

Mark 7:3

For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, unless they wash their hands thoroughly, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders;

Mark 7:4

and, coming from the marketplace, unless they immerse themselves, they do not eat; and there are many other things which they received to hold; as, immersion of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels.

Mark 7:5

And the Pharisees and the scribes ask Him, "Why do not Thy disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?"

Mark 7:6

And He said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you hypocrites, as it has been written, This people honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from Me.

Mark 7:7

But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.

Mark 7:8

Having left the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men."

Mark 7:9

And He said to them, "Well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may hold your tradition!

Mark 7:10

For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'He that speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die.'

Mark 7:11

But ye say, 'If a man say to his father or mother, That wherewith you might be profited by me is Corban,' that is, 'an offering to God,'

Mark 7:12

ye no longer suffer him to do anything for his father or his mother;

Mark 7:13

making void the word of God by your tradition, which ye handed down; and many such things ye do."

Mark 7:14

And, again calling the multitude, He said to them, "Hear Me, all of you, and understand:

Mark 7:15

there is nothing from without the man, that, entering into him, can defile him; but the things proceeding out of the man are those that defile the man."

Mark 7:16

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Mark 7:17

And, when He entered into the house from the multitude, His disciples asked of Him the parable.

Mark 7:18

And He saith to them, "Are ye too thus without understanding? Do ye not perceive that nothing, entering into a man from without, can defile him;

Mark 7:19

because it goes not into his heart, but into the belly, and passes out into the drain?" This He said, making all foods clean.

Mark 7:20

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

Mark 7:21

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

Mark 7:22

covetings, wickednesses, deceit, wantonness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

Mark 7:23

all these evil things proceed from within, and defile the man."

Mark 7:24

And, rising up, He went thence into the borders of Tyre and Sidon; and, entering into a house, He wished no one to know it. And He could not be hid.

Mark 7:25

But straightway a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of Him, coming, fell down at His feet.

Mark 7:26

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

Mark 7:27

And He said to her, "Suffer the children first to be satisfied; for it is not good to take the children's bread, and cast it to the little dogs."

Mark 7:28

But she answered, and says to Him, "Yes, Lord; even the little dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs."

Mark 7:29

And He said to her, "Because of this word go your way; the demon has gone out of your daughter."

Mark 7:30

And, going away into her own house, she found the child laid upon the bed, and the demon gone out.

Mark 7:31

And again, going forth out of the borders of Tyre, He came through Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of Decapolis.

Mark 7:32

And they bring to Him one deaf, and speaking with difficulty; and they beseech Him to lay His hand upon him.

Mark 7:33

And, taking him aside from the multitude privately, He put His fingers into his ears; and, spitting, He touched his tongue;

Mark 7:34

and looking up to Heaven, He sighed, and saith to him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened."

Mark 7:35

And his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he was speaking properly.

Mark 7:36

And He charged them that they should tell no one; but the more He charged them, the more a great deal did they publish it.

Mark 7:37

And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He hath done all things well: He maketh even the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak."
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