Mark 7:2-23

2and had seenG3708 that someG5100 of His disciplesG3101 were eatingG2068 their breadG740 with 1impureG2839 handsG5495, that is, unwashedG449. 3(For the PhariseesG5330 and allG3956 the JewsG2453 do not eatG2068 unlessG1437G3361 they 2carefullyG4435 washG3538 their handsG5495, thus observingG2902 the 3traditionsG3862 of the eldersG4245; 4and when they come from the marketG58 placeG58, they do not eatG2068 unlessG1437G3361 they 4cleanseG4472 themselves; and there are manyG4183 otherG243 thingsG4183 whichG3739 they have receivedG3880 in order to observeG2902, such as the 5washingG909 of 6cupsG4221 and pitchersG3582 and copperG5473 potsG5473.) 5The PhariseesG5330 and the scribesG1122 askedG1905 Him, “WhyG1223G5101 do Your disciplesG3101 not walkG4043 accordingG2596 to the 7traditionG3862 of the eldersG4245, but eatG2068 their breadG740 with 8impureG2839 handsG5495?” 6And He saidG3004 to them, “RightlyG2573 did IsaiahG2268 prophesyG4395 of you hypocritesG5273, as it is writtenG1125: ‘9ThisG3778 peopleG2992 honorsG5091 Me with their lipsG5491, But their heartG2588 is farG4206 awayG568G4206 from Me.710But in vainG3155 do they worshipG4576 Me, TeachingG1321 as doctrinesG1319 the preceptsG1778 of menG444.’ 8NeglectingG863 the commandmentG1785 of GodG2316, you holdG2902 to the 11traditionG3862 of menG444.”

9He was alsoG2532 sayingG3004 to them, “You are expertsG2573 at settingG114 asideG114 the commandmentG1785 of GodG2316 in orderG2443 to keepG5083 your 12traditionG3862. 10For MosesG3475 saidG3004, ‘13HonorG5091 your fatherG3962 and your motherG3384’; and, ‘14He who speaksG2551 evilG2551 of fatherG3962 orG2228 motherG3384, is to 15be putG5053 to deathG2288’; 11but you sayG3004, ‘IfG1437 a manG444 saysG3004 to his fatherG3962 orG2228 his motherG3384, whateverG3739G1437 I haveG1473 that would helpG5623 you is 16CorbanG2878 (that is to say, 17givenG1435 to God),’ 12you noG3765 longerG3765 permitG863 him to doG4160 anythingG3762 for his fatherG3962 orG2228 his motherG3384; 13thus invalidatingG208 the wordG3056 of GodG2316 by your 18traditionG3862 whichG3739 you have handedG3860 downG3860; and you doG4160 manyG4183 thingsG4183 suchG3946 as that.”

14After He calledG4341 the crowdG3793 to Him againG3825, He began sayingG3004 to them, “ListenG191 to Me, allG3956 of you, and understandG4920: 15there is nothingG3762 outsideG1855 the manG444 which canG1410 defileG2840 him if it goesG1531 into him; but the things which proceedG1607 out of the manG444 are what defileG2840 the manG444. 16[19IfG1487 anyoneG5100 hasG2192 earsG3775 to hearG191, let him hearG191.”]

17WhenG3753 He had leftG575 the crowdG3793 and enteredG1525 20the houseG3624, 21His disciplesG3101 questionedG1905 Him about the parableG3850. 18And He saidG3004 to them, “Are you soG3779 lackingG801 in understandingG801 alsoG2532? Do you not understandG3539 that whateverG3956 goesG1531 into the manG444 from outsideG1855 cannotG1410G3756 defileG2840 him, 19becauseG3754 it does not goG1531 into his heartG2588, but into his stomachG2836, and 22is eliminatedG1519G856G1607?” (Thus He declaredG2511 23allG3956 foodsG1033 24cleanG2511.) 20And He was sayingG3004, “25That which proceedsG1607 out of the manG444, that is what defilesG2840 the manG444. 21For from withinG2081, out of the heartG2588 of menG444, proceedG1607 the evilG2556 thoughtsG1261, 26fornicationsG4202, theftsG2829, murdersG5408, adulteriesG3430, 22deedsG4124 of covetingG4124 and wickednessG4189, as well as deceitG1388, sensualityG766, 2728envyG3788G4190, slanderG988, 29prideG5243 and foolishnessG877. 23AllG3956 theseG3778 evilG4190 thingsG4190 proceedG1607 from withinG2081 and defileG2840 the manG444.”