{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/web/mark/7","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T22:55:20.399Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Mark","bookSlug":"mark","chapter":7,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":6,"nextChapter":8,"totalChapters":16,"totalVerses":37},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, don't eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"They don't eat when they come from the marketplace, unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.)"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, |Why don't your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?|"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"He answered 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."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"|For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men—the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things.|"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"He said to them, |Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother;' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"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;|'"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this.|"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"He called all the multitude to himself, and said to them, |Hear me, all of you, and understand."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!|"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"He said to them, |Are you thus without understanding also? Don't you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can't defile him,"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"because it doesn't go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, thus purifying all foods?|"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"He said, |That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.|"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"From there he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house, and didn't want anyone to know it, but he couldn't escape notice."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"But Jesus 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.|"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"But she answered him, |Yes, Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs.|"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"He said to her, |For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter.|"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"She went away to her house, and found the child having been laid on the bed, with the demon gone out."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Again he departed from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the region of Decapolis."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"He took him aside from the multitude, privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, |Ephphatha!| that is, |Be opened!|"},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke clearly."},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it."},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"They were astonished beyond measure, saying, |He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak!|"}],"citation":{"inline":"Mark 7 (WEB)","markdown":"[Mark 7](https://primebible.com/web/mark/7)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/mark/7 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}