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Mark 7:1
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Then the Perushim, and some of the Torah-teachers gathered together to him, having come from Yerushalayim.
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Mark 7:2
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Now when they saw some of his talmidim eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault.
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Mark 7:3
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(For the Perushim, and all the Judeans, don't eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.
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Mark 7:4
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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.)
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Mark 7:5
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The Perushim and the Torah-teachers asked him, "Why don't your talmidim walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?"
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Mark 7:6
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He answered them, "Well did Yeshaiyahu prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, 'This people honors me with their lips, But their heart is far from me.
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Mark 7:7
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But in vain do they worship me, Teaching as doctrines the mitzvot of men.'
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Mark 7:8
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"For you set aside the mitzvah of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men--the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things."
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Mark 7:9
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He said to them, "Full well do you reject the mitzvah of God, that you may keep your tradition.
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Mark 7:10
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For Moshe said, 'Honor your father and your mother;' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'
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Mark 7:11
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But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is korban, that is to say, given to God;"'
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Mark 7:12
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then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,
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Mark 7:13
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making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this."
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Mark 7:14
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He called all the multitude to himself, and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand.
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Mark 7:15
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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.
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Mark 7:16
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If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!"
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Mark 7:17
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When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his talmidim asked him about the parable.
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Mark 7:18
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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,
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Mark 7:19
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because it doesn't go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, thus making all foods clean?"
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Mark 7:20
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He said, "That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.
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Mark 7:21
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For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,
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Mark 7:22
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covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.
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Mark 7:23
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All these evil things come from within, and defile the man."
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Mark 7:24
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From there he arose, and went away into the borders of Tzor and Tzidon. He entered into a house, and didn't want anyone to know it, but he couldn't escape notice.
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Mark 7:25
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For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.
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Mark 7:26
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Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.
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Mark 7:27
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But Yeshua 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."
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Mark 7:28
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But she answered him, "Yes, Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."
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Mark 7:29
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He said to her, "For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter."
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Mark 7:30
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She went away to her house, and found the child having been laid on the bed, with the demon gone out.
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Mark 7:31
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Again he departed from the borders of Tzor and Tzidon, and came to the sea of the Galil, through the midst of the region of Decapolis.
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Mark 7:32
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They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him.
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Mark 7:33
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He took him aside from the multitude, privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue.
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Mark 7:34
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Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, "Hippatach!" that is, "Be opened!"
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Mark 7:35
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Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke clearly.
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Mark 7:36
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He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it.
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Mark 7:37
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They were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak!"
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