Mark 7-8
Mar 7:1 And the Pharisees and some of the scribes assembled to Him, having come from Yerushalayim.
Mar 7:2 And seeing some of His talmidim eat bread with defiled, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault.
Mar 7:3 For the Pharisees, and all the Yehuḏim, do not eat unless they wash their hands thoroughly, holding fast the tradition of the elders,
Mar 7:4 and coming from the market-place, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions which they have received and hold fast – the washing of cups and utensils and copper vessels and couches.
Mar 7:5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, “Why do Your talmidim not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?”
Mar 7:6 And He answering, said to them, “Well did Yesha’Yahu prophesy concerning you hypocrites, as it has been written, ‘This people respect Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.
Mar 7:7 And in vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines man-made rules.’1 Footnote: 1See Isa. 29:13, 2 Ki. 17:19, and Mt. 15:3-9.
Mar 7:8 “Forsaking the command of Elohim, you hold fast the tradition of men.”
Mar 7:9 And He said to them, “Well do you set aside the command of Elohim, in order to guard your tradition.
Mar 7:10 “For Moshe said, ‘Respect your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’
Mar 7:11 “But you say, ‘If a man says to his father or mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me, is Qorban (that is, a gift),” ’
Mar 7:12 you no longer let him do any matter at all for his father or his mother,
Mar 7:13 nullifying the Word of Elohim through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such traditions you do.”
Mar 7:14 And calling the crowd to Him, He said to them, “Hear Me, everyone, and understand:
Mar 7:15 “There is no matter that enters a man from outside which is able to defile him, but it is what comes out of him that defiles the man.
Mar 7:16 “If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”
Mar 7:17 And when He went from the crowd into a house, His talmidim asked Him concerning the parable.
Mar 7:18 And He said to them, “Are you also without understanding? Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside is unable to defile him,
Mar 7:19 because it does not enter his heart but his stomach,1 and is eliminated?” Footnote: 1Mt. 15:20.
Mar 7:20 And He said, “What comes out of a man, that defiles a man.
Mar 7:21 “For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil reasonings, adulteries, whorings, murders,
Mar 7:22 thefts, greedy desires, wickednesses, deceit, indecency, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.
Mar 7:23 “All these wicked matters come from within and defile a man.”
Mar 7:24 And rising up from there He went to the borders of Tsor and Tsiḏon. And entering into a house He wished no one to know it, but it was impossible to be hidden.
Mar 7:25 For a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit heard about Him, and she came and fell at His feet.
Mar 7:26 Now the woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phoenician by birth, and she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.
Mar 7:27 And יהושע said to her, “Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.”1 Footnote: 1Mt. 15:27.
Mar 7:28 But she answering, said to Him, “Yea, Master, for even the little dogs under the table eat from the children’s crumbs.”
Mar 7:29 And He said to her, “Because of this word go, the demon has gone out of your daughter.”
Mar 7:30 And having come into her house, she found the demon gone out, and her daughter lying on the bed.
Mar 7:31 And again, going out from the borders of Tsor and Tsiḏon, He came to the Sea of Galil, through the midst of the borders of Dekapolis.
Mar 7:32 And they brought to Him one who was deaf and spoke with difficulty, and they begged Him to lay His hand upon him.
Mar 7:33 And taking him away from the crowd, He put His fingers in his ears, and having spit, He touched his tongue.
Mar 7:34 And looking up to the heaven, He sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.”
Mar 7:35 And immediately his ears were opened, and the binding of his tongue was loosed, and he was speaking plainly.
Mar 7:36 And He ordered them, that they should say it to no one, but the more He ordered them, the more they published it.
Mar 7:37 And they were immeasurably astonished, saying, “He has done all well. He makes even the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak.”
Mar 8:1 In those days, the crowd being very great and not having any to eat, יהושע called His talmidim near and said to them,
Mar 8:2 “I have compassion on the crowd, for they have now been with Me three days and do not have food to eat.
Mar 8:3 “And if I dismiss them unfed to their home, they shall faint on the way, for some of them have come from far.”
Mar 8:4 And His talmidim answered Him, “How shall anyone be able to feed these people with bread here in the desert?”
Mar 8:5 And He asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven.”
Mar 8:6 And He commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground. And taking the seven loaves, giving thanks, He broke them and gave them to His talmidim to set before them. And they set them before the crowd.
Mar 8:7 And they had a few small fishes. And having blessed, He said to set them also before them.
Mar 8:8 And they ate and were satisfied, and they picked up seven large baskets of broken pieces.
Mar 8:9 And those eating were about four thousand, and He dismissed them.
Mar 8:10 And immediately entering into the boat with His talmidim, He came to the parts of Dalmanutha.
Mar 8:11 And the Pharisees came out and began to dispute with Him, seeking from Him a sign from heaven, trying Him.
Mar 8:12 And sighing deeply in His spirit He said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation.”
Mar 8:13 And leaving them, again entering into the boat, He went away to the other side.
Mar 8:14 And they had forgotten to take bread, and they did not have more than one loaf with them in the boat.
Mar 8:15 And He was warning them, saying, “Mind! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the leaven of Herodes.”
Mar 8:16 And they were reasoning with one another, saying, “Because we have no bread.”
Mar 8:17 And יהושע, being aware of it, said to them, “Why do you reason because you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive nor understand? Is your heart still hardened?
Mar 8:18 “Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember?
Mar 8:19 “When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets filled with broken pieces did you pick up?” They said to Him, “Twelve.”
Mar 8:20 “And when I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many large baskets filled with broken pieces did you pick up?” And they said, “Seven.”
Mar 8:21 And He said to them, “How do you not understand?”
Mar 8:22 And He came to Bĕyth Tsaiḏa, and they brought a blind man to Him, and begged Him to touch him.
Mar 8:23 And taking the blind man by the hand He led him out of the village. And having spit on his eyes, laying hands on him, He asked him, “Do you see at all?”
Mar 8:24 And he looked up and said, “I see men like trees, walking.”
Mar 8:25 Then He placed His hands on his eyes again and made him look up. And he was restored, and saw all clearly.
Mar 8:26 And He sent him away to his home, saying, “Do not go into the village.”
Mar 8:27 And יהושע and His talmidim went out to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way He asked His talmidim, saying to them, “Who do men say I am?”
Mar 8:28 And they said to Him, “Yochanan the Immerser, and others, Ěliyahu, but others, one of the nevi’im.”
Mar 8:29 And He asked them, “And you, who do you say I am?” And Kĕpha answering, said to Him, “You are the Mashiach.”
Mar 8:30 And He warned them that they should speak to no one about Him.
Mar 8:31 And He began to teach them that the Son of Aḏam has to suffer much, and be rejected by the elders and chief kohanim and Torah-teachers, and be killed, and after three days to rise again.
Mar 8:32 And He was speaking about this openly. Then Kĕpha, taking Him aside, began to rebuke Him.
Mar 8:33 And turning around and seeing His talmidim, He rebuked Kĕpha, saying, “Get behind Me, Satan! For your thoughts are not those of Elohim, but those of men.”
Mar 8:34 And calling near the crowd with His talmidim, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his stake, and follow Me.
Mar 8:35 “For whoever desires to save his life shall lose it, but whoever loses his life for the sake of Me and the Good News, he shall save it.
Mar 8:36 “For what shall it profit a man if he gains all the world, and loses his own life?
Mar 8:37 “Or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?
Mar 8:38 “For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinning generation, of him the Son of Aḏam also shall be ashamed when He comes in the esteem of His Father with the kadosh messengers.”