Mark 7-8

Mark 7

¹And there came together to him the Pharisees and certain of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,

²And had seen that some of his disciples took their bread with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands.

³Now the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not take food without washing their hands with care, keeping the old rule which has been handed down to them:

⁴And when they come from the market-place, they take no food till their hands are washed; and a number of other orders there are, which have been handed down to them to keep — washings of cups and pots and brass vessels.

⁵And the Pharisees and the scribes put the question to him, Why do your disciples not keep the rules of the fathers, but take their bread with unwashed hands?

⁶And he said, Well did Isaiah say of you, you false ones: These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

⁷But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.

⁸For, turning away from the law of God, you keep the rules of men.

⁹And he said to them, Truly you put on one side the law of God, so that you may keep the rules which have been handed down to you.

¹⁰For Moses said, Give honour to your father and mother, and, He who says evil of father or mother, let him have the punishment of death:

¹¹But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God,

¹²You no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother;

¹³Making the word of God of no effect by your rule, which you have given: and a number of other such things you do.

¹⁴And turning to the people again, he said to them, Give ear to me all of you, and let my words be clear to you:

¹⁵There is nothing outside the man which, going into him, is able to make him unclean: but the things which come out of the man are those which make the man unclean.

¹⁷And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about the saying.

¹⁸And he said to them, Have even you so little wisdom? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside is not able to make him unclean,

¹⁹Because it goes not into the heart but into the stomach, and goes out with the waste? He said this, making all food clean.

²⁰And he said, That which comes out of the man, that makes the man unclean.

²¹Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,

²²The taking of goods and of life, broken faith between husband and wife, the desire of wealth, wrongdoing, deceit, sins of the flesh, an evil eye, angry words, pride, foolish acts:

²³All these evil things come from inside, and make the man unclean.

²⁴And he went away from there to the country of Tyre and Sidon. And he went into a house, desiring that no man might have knowledge of it: and he was not able to keep it secret.

²⁵But a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having had news of him, came straight away and went down at his feet.

²⁶Now the woman was a Greek, a Syro-phoenician by birth: and she made a request to him that he would send the evil spirit out of her daughter.

²⁷And he said to her, Let the children first have their food: for it is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs.

²⁸But she said to him in answer, Yes, Lord: even the dogs under the table take the bits dropped by the children.

²⁹And he said to her, For this saying go your way; the evil spirit has gone out of your daughter.

³⁰And she went away to her house, and saw the child on the bed, and the evil spirit gone out.

³¹And again he went out from Tyre, and came through Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the country of Decapolis.

³²And they came to him with one who had no power of hearing and had trouble in talking; and they made a request to him to put his hands on him.

³³And he took him on one side from the people privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he put water from his mouth on the man's tongue with his finger;

³⁴And looking up to heaven, he took a deep breath, and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be open.

³⁵And his ears became open, and the band of his tongue was made loose, and his words became clear.

³⁶And he gave them orders not to give news of it to anyone; but the more he made this request, so much the more they made it public.

³⁷And they were overcome with wonder, saying, He has done all things well: he even gives back the power of hearing and the power of talking to those who have been without them.

Mark 8

¹In those days again, when there was a great mass of people and they had no food, he made his disciples come to him and said to them,

²I have pity for these people because they have been with me now three days, and have no food;

³If I send them away to their houses with no food, they will be overcome by weariness on the way; and some of them have come from far.

⁴And his disciples said in answer, How will it be possible to get enough bread for these men here in a waste place?

⁵And he put the question, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes.

⁶And he made the people be seated on the earth: and he took the seven cakes and, having given praise, he gave the broken bread to his disciples to put before them; and they put it before the people.

⁷And they had some small fishes; and blessing them he had them put before the people in the same way.

⁸And they took the food, and had enough; and they took up seven baskets full of the broken bits.

⁹And there were about four thousand people: and he sent them away.

¹⁰And he got into the boat with his disciples straight away, and came into the country of Dalmanutha.

¹¹And the Pharisees came out and put questions to him, requesting from him a sign from heaven, testing him.

¹²And he was very sad in spirit, and said, Why is this generation looking for a sign? truly, I say to you, No sign will be given to this generation.

¹³And he went away from them, and again got into the boat and went across to the other side.

¹⁴And they had taken no thought to get bread; and they had only one cake of bread with them in the boat.

¹⁵And he said to them, Take care to be on the watch against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.

¹⁶And they said to one another, We have no bread.

¹⁷And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Why are you reasoning among yourselves because you have no bread? do you still not see, and is it still not clear to you? are your hearts so hard?

¹⁸Having eyes, do you not see? and having ears, have you no hearing? and have you no memory?

¹⁹When I made a division of the five cakes of bread among the five thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? They said to him, Twelve.

²⁰And when the seven among the four thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? And they said to him, Seven.

²¹And he said to them, Is it still not clear to you?

²²And they came to Beth-saida. And they took a blind man to him, requesting him to put his hands on him.

²³And he took the blind man by the hand, and went with him out of the town; and when he had put water from his mouth on his eyes, and put his hands on him, he said, Do you see anything?

²⁴And looking up, he said, I see men; I see them like trees, walking.

²⁵Then again he put his hands on his eyes; and looking hard, he was able to see, and saw all things clearly.

²⁶And he sent him away to his house, saying, Do not even go into the town.

²⁷And Jesus went out, with his disciples, into the little towns round Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he put a question to his disciples, saying, Who do men say that I am?

²⁸And they made answer, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but others, One of the prophets.

²⁹And he said to them, But who do you say I am? Peter said in answer, You are the Christ.

³⁰And he put them under orders not to say this of him to anyone.

³¹And teaching them, he said that the Son of man would have to undergo much, and be hated by those in authority, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be put to death, and after three days come back from the dead.

³²And he said this openly. And Peter took him, and was protesting.

³³But he, turning about, and seeing his disciples, said sharply to Peter, Get out of my way, Satan: for your mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of men.

³⁴And turning to the mass of people with his disciples, he said to them, If any man has the desire to come after me, let him give up all other desires, and take up his cross and come after me.

³⁵Whoever has a desire to keep his life, will have it taken from him; and whoever gives up his life because of me and the good news, will keep it.

³⁶What profit has a man if he gets all the world with the loss of his life?

³⁷And what would a man give in exchange for his life?

³⁸Whoever has a feeling of shame because of me and my words in this false and evil generation, the Son of man will have a feeling of shame because of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.