Mark · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Mark 7 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Και συνάγονται προς αυτόν οι Φαρισαίοι και τινές των γραμματέων, ελθόντες από Ιεροσολύμων·
1 Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem.
2 και ιδόντες τινάς των μαθητών αυτού τρώγοντας άρτους με χείρας μεμολυσμένας, τουτέστιν ανίπτους, εμέμφθησαν αυτούς·
2 Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is unwashed, hands, they found fault.
3 διότι οι Φαρισαίοι και πάντες οι Ιουδαίοι, εάν δεν νίψωσι μέχρι του αγκώνος τας χείρας, δεν τρώγουσι, κρατούντες την παράδοσιν των πρεσβυτέρων·
3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews don’t eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.
4 και επιστρέψαντες από της αγοράς, εάν δεν νιφθώσι, δεν τρώγουσιν· είναι και άλλα πολλά, τα οποία παρέλαβον να φυλάττωσι, πλύματα ποτηρίων και ξεστών και σκευών χαλκίνων και κλινών·
4 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.)
5 έπειτα ερωτώσιν αυτόν οι Φαρισαίοι και οι γραμματείς· Διατί οι μαθηταί σου δεν περιπατούσι κατά την παράδοσιν των πρεσβυτέρων, αλλά με χείρας ανίπτους τρώγουσι τον άρτον;
5 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?”
6 Ο δε αποκριθείς είπε προς αυτούς· ότι καλώς προεφήτευσεν ο Ησαΐας περί υμών των υποκριτών, ως είναι γεγραμμένον· Ούτος ο λαός διά των χειλέων με τιμά, η δε καρδία αυτών μακράν απέχει απ' εμού.
6 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.
7 Εις μάτην δε με σέβονται, διδάσκοντες διδασκαλίας εντάλματα ανθρώπων.
7 They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’
8 Διότι αφήσαντες την εντολήν του Θεού, κρατείτε την παράδοσιν των ανθρώπων, πλύματα ξεστών και ποτηρίων, και άλλα παρόμοια τοιαύτα πολλά κάμνετε.
8 “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.”
9 Και έλεγε προς αυτούς· Καλώς αθετείτε την εντολήν του Θεού, διά να φυλάττητε την παράδοσίν σας.
9 He said to them, “Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.
10 Διότι ο Μωϋσής είπε· Τίμα τον πατέρα σου και την μητέρα σου. καί· Ο κακολογών πατέρα ή μητέρα εξάπαντος να θανατόνηται·
10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’
11 σεις όμως λέγετε· Εάν άνθρωπος είπη προς τον πατέρα ή προς την μητέρα, Κορβάν, τουτέστι δώρον, είναι ό,τι ήθελες ωφεληθή εξ εμού, αρκεί,
11 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,
12 και δεν αφίνετε πλέον αυτόν να κάμη ουδέν εις τον πατέρα αυτού ή εις την μητέρα αυτού,
12 “then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,
13 ακυρούντες τον λόγον του Θεού χάριν της παραδόσεώς σας, την οποίαν παρεδώκατε· και κάμνετε παρόμοια τοιαύτα πολλά.
13 making void the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down. You do many things like this.”
14 Και προσκαλέσας πάντα τον όχλον, έλεγε προς αυτούς· Ακούετέ μου πάντες και νοείτε.
14 He called all the multitude to himself and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand.
15 Δεν είναι ουδέν εισερχόμενον έξωθεν του ανθρώπου εις αυτόν, το οποίον δύναται να μολύνη αυτόν, αλλά τα εξερχόμενα απ' αυτού, εκείνα είναι τα μολύνοντα τον άνθρωπον.
15 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.
16 Ο έχων ώτα διά να ακούη, ας ακούη.
16 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”
17 Και ότε εισήλθεν εις οίκον από του όχλου, ηρώτων αυτόν οι μαθηταί αυτού περί της παραβολής.
17 When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.
18 Και λέγει προς αυτούς· Ούτω και σεις ασύνετοι είσθε; δεν καταλαμβάνετε ότι παν το έξωθεν εισερχόμενον εις τον άνθρωπον δεν δύναται να μολύνη αυτόν;
18 He said to them, “Are you also without understanding? Don’t you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can’t defile him,
19 διότι δεν εισέρχεται εις την καρδίαν αυτού, αλλ' εις την κοιλίαν, και εξέρχεται εις τον αφεδρώνα, καθαρίζον πάντα τα φαγητά.
19 because it doesn’t go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, making all foods clean?”
20 Έλεγε δε ότι το εξερχόμενον εκ του ανθρώπου, εκείνο μολύνει τον άνθρωπον.
20 He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.
21 Διότι έσωθεν εκ της καρδίας των ανθρώπων εξέρχονται οι διαλογισμοί οι κακοί, μοιχείαι, πορνείαι, φόνοι,
21 For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,
22 κλοπαί, πλεονεξίαι, πονηρίαι, δόλος, ασέλγεια, βλέμμα πονηρόν· βλασφημία, υπερηφανία, αφροσύνη·
22 covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.
23 πάντα ταύτα τα πονηρά έσωθεν εξέρχονται και μολύνουσι τον άνθρωπον.
23 All these evil things come from within and defile the man.”
24 Και σηκωθείς εκείθεν υπήγεν εις τα μεθόρια Τύρου και Σιδώνος. Και εισελθών εις την οικίαν, δεν ήθελε να μάθη τούτο μηδείς, δεν ηδυνήθη όμως να κρυφθή.
24 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.
25 Διότι ακούσασα περί αυτού γυνή τις, της οποίας το θυγάτριον είχε πνεύμα ακάθαρτον, ήλθε και προσέπεσεν εις τους πόδας αυτού·
25 For a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.
26 ήτο δε η γυνή Ελληνίς, Συροφοίνισσα το γένος· και παρεκάλει αυτόν να εκβάλη το δαιμόνιον εκ της θυγατρός αυτής.
26 Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.
27 Ο δε Ιησούς είπε προς αυτήν· Άφες πρώτον να χορτασθώσι τα τέκνα· διότι δεν είναι καλόν να λάβη τις τον άρτον των τέκνων και να ρίψη εις τα κυνάρια.
27 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.”
28 Η δε απεκρίθη και λέγει προς αυτόν· Ναι, Κύριε· αλλά και τα κυνάρια υποκάτω της τραπέζης τρώγουσιν από των ψιχίων των παιδίων.
28 But she answered him, “Yes, Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
29 Και είπε προς αυτήν· Διά τούτον τον λόγον ύπαγε· εξήλθε το δαιμόνιον από της θυγατρός σου.
29 He said to her, “For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter.”
30 Και ότε υπήγεν εις τον οίκον αυτής, εύρεν ότι το δαιμόνιον εξήλθε και την θυγατέρα κειμένην επί της κλίνης.
30 She went away to her house, and found the child having been laid on the bed, with the demon gone out.
31 Και πάλιν εξελθών εκ των ορίων Τύρου και Σιδώνος ήλθε προς την θάλασσαν της Γαλιλαίας ανά μέσον των ορίων της Δεκαπόλεως.
31 Again he departed from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee through the middle of the region of Decapolis.
32 Και φέρουσι προς αυτόν κωφόν μογιλάλον και παρακαλούσιν αυτόν να επιθέση την χείρα επ' αυτόν.
32 They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him.
33 Και παραλαβών αυτόν κατ' ιδίαν από του όχλου έβαλε τους δακτύλους αυτού εις τα ώτα αυτού, και πτύσας ήγγισε την γλώσσαν αυτού,
33 He took him aside from the multitude privately and put his fingers into his ears; and he spat and touched his tongue.
34 και αναβλέψας εις τον ουρανόν, εστέναξε και λέγει προς αυτόν· Εφφαθά, τουτέστιν Ανοίχθητι.
34 Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!”
35 Και ευθύς ηνοίχθησαν τα ώτα αυτού και ελύθη ο δεσμός της γλώσσης αυτού, και ελάλει ορθώς.
35 Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke clearly.
36 Και παρήγγειλεν εις αυτούς να μη είπωσι τούτο εις μηδένα· πλην όσον αυτός παρήγγελλεν εις αυτούς, τόσον περισσότερον εκείνοι εκήρυττον.
36 He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it.
37 Και εξεπλήττοντο καθ' υπερβολήν, λέγοντες· Καλώς έπραξε τα πάντα· και τους κωφούς κάμνει να ακούωσι και τους αλάλους να λαλώσι.
37 They were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!”
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)