1 And the pharises came togedder vnto him and dyvers of the scribes which came from Ierusalem. 2 And when they sawe certayne of his disciples eate breed with comen hondes (that is to saye with vnwesshen hondes) they complayned. 3 For the pharises and all the Iewes excepte they washe their hondes ofte eate not observinge the tradicions of the elders. 4 And when they come from the market except they washe they eate not. And many other thinges ther be which they have taken apon them to observe as the wasshinge of cuppes and cruses and of brasen vessels and of tables. 5 Then axed him the pharises and scribes why walke not thy disciples accordinge to the tradicions of the elders but eate breede with vnweshen hondes? 6 He answered and sayde vnto them: well prophesied Esaias of you ypocrites as it is writte: This people honoreth me with their lyppes but their hert is farre from me: 7 In vayne they worshippe me teachinge doctryns which are nothinge but the comaundementes of men. 8 For ye laye the commaundement of God aparte and observe the tradicions of men as the wesshinge of cruses and of cuppes and many other suche lyke thinges ye do. 9 And he sayde vnto them: well ye cast asyde the comaundement of God to mayntayne youre owne tradicions. 10 For Moses sayde: Honoure thy father and thy mother: and whosoever cursseth father or mother let him dye for it. 11 But ye saye: a man shall saye to father or mother Corban: which is: that thou desyrest of me to helpe the with is geven God. 12 And so ye soffre him no more to do ought for his father or his mother 13 makinge the worde of God of none effecte through youre awne tradicions which ye have ordeyned. And many soche thinges ye do. 14 And he called all the people vnto him and sayde vnto them: Herken vnto me every one of you and vnderstonde. 15 There is no thinge with out a man that can defyle him when it entreth into him: but thoo thinges which procede out of him are those which defyle the man. 16 If eny man have eares to heare let him heare 17 And when he came to house awaye from the people his disciples axed him of the similitude. 18 And he sayd vnto them: Are ye so without vnderstondinge? Do ye not yet perceave that whatsoever thinge from with out entreth into a man it can not defyle him 19 because it entrith not in to his hert but into the belly: and goeth out into the draught that porgeth oute all meates. 20 And he sayde: that defileth a man which cometh oute of a man. 21 For from with in even oute of the herte of men proceade evill thoughtes: advantry fornicacion murder 22 theeft coveteousnes wickednes diceyte vnclennes and a wicked eye blasphemy pryde folysshnes: 23 all these evyll thinges come from with in and defile a man. 24 And from thence he rose and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon and entred into an housse and wolde that no man should have knowen: But he coulde not be hyd. 25 For a certayne woman whose doughter had a foule sprete hearde of him and came and fell at his fete. 26 The woman was a Greke oute of Syrophenicia and she besought him that he wolde caste out the devyll oute of her doughter. 27 And Iesus sayde vnto her: let the chyldren fyrst be feed. For it is not mete to take the chyldres breed and to caste it vnto whelppes. 28 She answered and sayde vnto him: even soo master neverthelesse the whelppes also eate vnder the table of the chyldrens cromes. 29 And he sayde vnto her: for this sayinge goo thy waye the devyll is gone out of thy doughter. 30 And when she was come home to her housse she founde the devyll departed and her doughter lyinge on the beed. 31 And he departed agayne from the coostes of Tyre and Sidon and came vnto the see of Galile thorowe the middes of the coostos of the .x. cities. 32 And they brought vnto him one that was deffe and stambred in his speche and prayde him to laye his honde apon him. 33 And he toke him asyde from the people and put his fyngers in his eares and dyd spyt and touched his tounge 34 and loked vp to heven and sygthed and sayde vnto him: ephatha that is to saye be openned. 35 And streyght waye his eares were openned and the stringe of his tounge was loosed and he spake playne. 36 And he commaunded them that they shuld tell no man. But the more he forbad them soo moche the more a greate deale they publesshed it: 37 and were beyonde measure astonyed sayinge: He hath done all thinges well and hath made booth the deffe to heare and the dome to speake.
Mark · Tyndale New Testament (1534)
Mark 7 Tyndale New Testament (1534)
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Cross references (35)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Matthew 15:1–20; Mark 3:22; Luke 11:53–54; Luke 5:17
- 2 Acts 10:28; Matthew 7:3–5; Romans 14:14; Acts 11:8; Acts 10:14–15
- 3 Galatians 1:14; Mark 7:13; Colossians 2:8; Colossians 2:21–23; Mark 7:7–10
- 4 Matthew 23:25; Luke 11:38–39; Hebrews 9:10; Isaiah 1:16; Jeremiah 4:14
- 5 Acts 21:21; 2 Thessalonians 3:6; Galatians 1:14; Matthew 15:2; Acts 21:24
- 6 Isaiah 29:13; Titus 1:16; Matthew 15:7–9; Ezekiel 33:31; 2 Timothy 3:5
- 7 Isaiah 29:13; Matthew 15:9; James 1:26; Colossians 2:22; Matthew 6:7
- 8 Mark 7:3–4; Isaiah 1:12
- 9 Isaiah 29:13; Jeremiah 44:16–17; Galatians 2:21; Isaiah 24:5; Matthew 15:3–6
- 10 Exodus 21:17; Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16; Leviticus 20:9; Matthew 15:4
- 11 Matthew 23:18; 1 Timothy 5:4–8; Matthew 15:5
- 13 Mark 7:9; Titus 1:14; Isaiah 8:20; Matthew 5:17–20; Matthew 15:6
- 14 Matthew 15:10; Proverbs 8:5; Isaiah 6:9; Acts 8:30; Psalm 94:8
- 15 Proverbs 4:23; Titus 1:15; Leviticus 11:42–47; Hebrews 13:9; Matthew 12:34
- 17 Matthew 15:15; Matthew 13:36; Mark 9:28; Mark 4:10; Mark 4:34
- 18 Matthew 15:16–17; Hebrews 5:11; Luke 24:25; Isaiah 28:9–10; Matthew 16:11
- 19 Matthew 15:17; 1 Corinthians 6:13; Luke 11:41; Colossians 2:21–22; Acts 11:9
- 20 James 3:6; James 1:14–15; James 4:1; Mark 7:15; Matthew 12:34–37
- 21 Jeremiah 17:9; James 4:1–3; Romans 8:7–8; Galatians 5:19–21; Matthew 15:19
- 22 Matthew 20:15; Obadiah 3–4; Matthew 6:23; 2 Corinthians 10:5; Ecclesiastes 7:25
- 23 Mark 7:15; Titus 1:15; 1 Corinthians 3:17; Jude 8; Mark 7:18
- 24 Matthew 15:21–28; Matthew 11:21; Ezekiel 28:2; Mark 6:31–32; Mark 3:7–8
- 25 Matthew 15:22; Mark 5:22–23; Mark 9:17–23; Mark 5:33; Mark 1:40
- 26 Matthew 15:22; Galatians 3:28; Isaiah 49:12; Colossians 3:11
- 27 Matthew 15:23–28; Matthew 7:6; Acts 22:21; Matthew 10:5; Ephesians 2:12
- 28 Romans 10:12; Romans 3:29; Luke 15:30–32; Acts 11:17–18; Isaiah 45:22
- 29 Matthew 5:3; Matthew 8:9–13; Isaiah 66:2; 1 John 3:8; Isaiah 57:15–16
- 30 John 4:50–52; 1 John 3:8
- 31 Mark 5:20; Matthew 4:25; Matthew 15:29–31; Mark 7:24; Matthew 4:18
- 32 Luke 11:14; Mark 5:23; Matthew 9:32–33
- 33 Mark 8:23; John 9:6–7; Mark 5:40; 1 Kings 17:19–22; 2 Kings 4:33–34
- 34 John 11:41; Mark 5:41; Mark 6:41; Acts 9:34; John 11:33
- 35 Isaiah 35:5–6; Psalm 33:9; Matthew 11:5; Mark 2:12; Isaiah 32:3–4
- 36 Matthew 8:4; Mark 1:44–45; Mark 5:43; Mark 3:12; Mark 8:26
- 37 Mark 6:51; Exodus 4:10–11; Mark 5:42; Mark 4:41; Mark 2:12
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For [the Scripture] saith in a certain place, "This people honoureth Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me." And again: "They bless with their mouth, but curse with their heart." And again it saith, "They loved Him with their mouth, and lied to Him with their tongue; but their heart was not right with Him, neither …
Have ye not heard the prophet, saying (or rather God by the prophet), "This people honoreth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me?" Therefore, lest this be our case too, wipe thou out the letters, or rather the impressions, which the devil hath engraven in thy soul; and bring me a heart set free from worldly …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
And further, the divine Gospel says, The Lord came into the borders of Tyre and Sidon and entered into a house, and would have no man know it; but He could not be hid.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)
And Mark again makes this plainer, by saying, "It is Corban, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;" which means, not a gift and present, but properly an offering.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)