Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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The Teaching of the Ancestors
(Mark 7.1–13)
1 Then some Pharisees and
teachers of the Law came
from Jerusalem to Jesus and asked
him,
2 “Why is it that your disciples
disobey the teaching handed down
by our ancestors? They don't wash
their hands in the proper way before
they eat!”
3 Jesus answered, “And why do
you disobey God's command and
follow your own teaching?
4 For God
said, ‘Respect your father and your
mother,’ and ‘Whoever curses his father
or his mother is to be put to
death.’ note
5 But you teach that if a person
has something he could use to
help his father or mother, but says,
‘This belongs to God,’
6 he does not
need to honor his father. noteIn this way
you disregard God's command, in
order to follow your own teaching.
7 You hypocrites! How right Isaiah
was when he prophesied about you!
8
‘These people, says God, honor
me with their words,
but their heart is really far
away from me.
9
It is no use for them to
worship me,
because they teach manmade
rules as though they
were my laws!’” note
The Things That Make a Person Unclean
(Mark 7.14–23)
10 Then Jesus called the crowd to
him and said to them, “Listen and
understand!
11 It is not what goes
into a person's mouth that makes
him ritually unclean; rather, what
comes out of it makes him unclean.”
12 Then the disciples came to him
and said, “Do you know that the
Pharisees had their feelings hurt by
what you said?”
13 “Every plant which my Father in
heaven did not plant will be pulled
up,” answered Jesus.
14 “Don't
worry about them! They are blind
leaders of the blind; and when one
blind man leads another, both fall
into a ditch.” note
15 Peter spoke up, “Explain this
saying to us.”
16 Jesus said to them, “You are still
no more intelligent than the others.
17 Don't you understand? Anything
that goes into a person's mouth goes
into his stomach and then on out of
his body.
18 But the things that come
out of the mouth come from the
heart, and these are the things that
make a person ritually unclean. note
19 For from his heart come the evil
ideas which lead him to kill, commit
adultery, and do other immoral
things; to rob, lie, and slander others.
20 These are the things that make
a person unclean. But to eat without
washing your hands as they say you
should—this doesn't make a person
unclean.”
A Woman's Faith
(Mark 7.24–30)
21 Jesus left that place and went off
to the territory near the cities of
Tyre and Sidon.
22 A Canaanite
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woman who lived in that region
came to him. “Son of David!” she
cried out. “Have mercy on me, sir!
My daughter has a demon and is in a
terrible condition.”
23 But Jesus did not say a word to
her. His disciples came to him and
begged him, “Send her away! She is
following us and making all this
noise!”
24 Then Jesus replied, “I have been
sent only to the lost sheep of the
people of Israel.”
25 At this the woman came and fell
at his feet. “Help me, sir!” she said.
26 Jesus answered, “It isn't right to
take the children's food and throw it
to the dogs.”
27 “That's true, sir,” she answered,
“but even the dogs eat the leftovers
that fall from their masters' table.”
28 So Jesus answered her, “You are
a woman of great faith! What you
want will be done for you.” And at
that very moment her daughter was
healed.
Jesus Heals Many People
29 Jesus left there and went along
by Lake Galilee. He climbed a hill
and sat down.
30 Large crowds came
to him, bringing with them the lame,
the blind, the crippled, the dumb,
and many other sick people, whom
they placed at Jesus' feet; and he
healed them.
31 The people were
amazed as they saw the dumb
speaking, the crippled made whole,
the lame walking, and the blind seeking;
and they praised the God of Israel.
Jesus Feeds Four Thousand Men
(Mark 8.1–10)
32 Jesus called his disciples to him
and said, “I feel sorry for these people,
because they have been with me
for three days and now have nothing
to eat. I don't want to send them
away without feeding them, for they
might faint on their way home.”
33 The disciples asked him, “Where
will we find enough food in this desert
to feed this crowd?”
34 “How much bread do you
have?” Jesus asked.
34 “Seven loaves,” they answered,
“and a few small fish.”
35 So Jesus ordered the crowd to
sit down on the ground.
36 Then he
took the seven loaves and the fish,
gave thanks to God, broke them, and
gave them to the disciples; and the
disciples gave them to the people.
37 They all ate and had enough. Then
the disciples took up seven baskets
full of pieces left over.
38 The number
of men who ate was four thousand,
not counting the women and children.
39 Then Jesus sent the people
away, got into a boat, and went to
the territory of Magadan.
Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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