Mark 7 Clementine Vulgate
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1 Et conveniunt ad eum pharisæi, et quidam de scribis, venientes ab Jerosolymis.
1 Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem.
2 Et cum vidissent quosdam ex discipulis ejus communibus manibus, id est non lotis, manducare panes, vituperaverunt.
2 Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is unwashed, hands, they found fault.
3 Pharisæi enim, et omnes Judæi, nisi crebro laverint manus, non manducant, tenentes traditionem seniorum:
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 et a foro nisi baptizentur, non comedunt: et alia multa sunt, quæ tradita sunt illis servare, baptismata calicum, et urceorum, et æramentorum, et lectorum:
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 et interrogabant eum pharisæi et scribæ: Quare discipuli tui non ambulant juxta traditionem seniorum, sed communibus manibus manducant panem?
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 At ille respondens, dixit eis: Bene prophetavit Isaias de vobis hypocritis, sicut scriptum est: [Populus hic labiis me honorat, cor autem eorum longe est a me:
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 in vanum autem me colunt, docentes doctrinas, et præcepta hominum.]
7 They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’
8 Relinquentes enim mandatum Dei, tenetis traditionem hominum, baptismata urceorum et calicum: et alia similia his facitis multa.
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 Et dicebat illis: Bene irritum facitis præceptum Dei, ut traditionem vestram servetis.
9 He said to them, “Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.
10 Moyses enim dixit: Honora patrem tuum, et matrem tuam. Et: Qui maledixerit patri, vel matri, morte moriatur.
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 Vos autem dicitis: Si dixerit homo patri, aut matri, Corban (quod est donum) quodcumque ex me, tibi profuerit:
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 et ultra non dimittitis eum quidquam facere patri suo, aut matri,
12 “then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,
13 rescindentes verbum Dei per traditionem vestram, quam tradidistis: et similia hujusmodi multa facitis.
13 making void the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down. You do many things like this.”
14 Et advocans iterum turbam, dicebat illis: Audite me omnes, et intelligite.
14 He called all the multitude to himself and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand.
15 Nihil est extra hominem introiens in eum, quod possit eum coinquinare, sed quæ de homine procedunt illa sunt quæ communicant hominem.
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 Si quis habet aures audiendi, audiat.
16 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”
17 Et cum introisset in domum a turba, interrogabant eum discipuli ejus parabolam.
17 When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.
18 Et ait illis: Sic et vos imprudentes estis? Non intelligitis quia omne extrinsecus introiens in hominem, non potest eum communicare:
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 quia non intrat in cor ejus, sed in ventrum vadit, et in secessum exit, purgans omnes escas?
19 because it doesn’t go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, making all foods clean?”
20 Dicebat autem, quoniam quæ de homine exeunt, illa communicant hominem.
20 He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.
21 Ab intus enim de corde hominum malæ cogitationes procedunt, adulteria, fornicationes, homicidia,
21 For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,
22 furta, avaritiæ, nequitiæ, dolus, impudicitiæ, oculus malus, blasphemia, superbia, stultitia.
22 covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.
23 Omnia hæc mala ab intus procedunt, et communicant hominem.
23 All these evil things come from within and defile the man.”
24 Et inde surgens abiit in fines Tyri et Sidonis: et ingressus domum, neminem voluit scire, et non potuit latere.
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 Mulier enim statim ut audivit de eo, cujus filia habebat spiritum immundum, intravit, et procidit ad pedes ejus.
25 For a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.
26 Erat enim mulier gentilis, Syrophœnissa genere. Et rogabat eum ut dæmonium ejiceret de filia ejus.
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 Qui dixit illi: Sine prius saturari filios: non est enim bonum sumere panem filiorum, et mittere canibus.
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 At illa respondit, et dixit illi: Utique Domine, nam et catelli comedunt sub mensa de micis puerorum.
28 But she answered him, “Yes, Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
29 Et ait illi: Propter hunc sermonem vade: exiit dæmonium a filia tua.
29 He said to her, “For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter.”
30 Et cum abiisset domum suam, invenit puellam jacentem supra lectum, et dæmonium exiisse.
30 She went away to her house, and found the child having been laid on the bed, with the demon gone out.
31 Et iterum exiens de finibus Tyri, venit per Sidonem ad mare Galilææ inter medios fines Decapoleos.
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 Et adducunt ei surdum, et mutum, et deprecabantur eum, ut imponat illi manum.
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 Et apprehendens eum de turba seorsum, misit digitos suos in auriculas ejus: et exspuens, tetigit linguam ejus:
33 He took him aside from the multitude privately and put his fingers into his ears; and he spat and touched his tongue.
34 et suscipiens in cælum, ingemuit, et ait illi: Ephphetha, quod est, Adaperire.
34 Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!”
35 Et statim apertæ sunt aures ejus, et solutum est vinculum linguæ ejus, et loquebatur recte.
35 Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke clearly.
36 Et præcepit illis ne cui dicerent. Quanto autem eis præcipiebat, tanto magis plus prædicabant:
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 et eo amplius admirabantur, dicentes: Bene omnia fecit: et surdos fecit audire, et mutos loqui.
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)