Marc 7
Segond 21
Le cœur humain
7 Les pharisiens et quelques spécialistes de la loi, venus de Jérusalem, se rassemblèrent auprès de Jésus. 2 Ils virent quelques-uns de ses disciples prendre leur repas avec des mains impures, c'est-à-dire non lavées. 3 – Or, les pharisiens et tous les Juifs ne mangent pas sans s'être lavé soigneusement les mains, conformément à la tradition des anciens. 4 Et quand ils reviennent de la place publique, ils ne mangent pas avant de s'être purifiés. Ils tiennent encore à beaucoup d'autres traditions comme le lavage des coupes, des cruches et des vases de bronze. – 5 Alors les pharisiens et les spécialistes de la loi lui demandèrent: «Pourquoi tes disciples ne suivent-ils pas la tradition des anciens mais prennent-ils au contraire leur repas avec des mains non lavées?»
6 Jésus leur répondit: «Hypocrites, Esaïe a bien prophétisé sur vous, comme il est écrit: Ce peuple m'honore des lèvres, mais son cœur est éloigné de moi. 7 C'est faussement qu'ils m'honorent en donnant des enseignements qui sont des commandements humains.[a] 8 Vous abandonnez le commandement de Dieu et vous gardez la tradition des hommes [car vous lavez les pots et les coupes et vous faites beaucoup d'autres choses semblables].» 9 Il leur dit encore: «Vous rejetez très bien le commandement de Dieu pour garder votre tradition. 10 En effet, Moïse a dit: Honore ton père et ta mère[b] et: Celui qui maudira son père ou sa mère sera puni de mort[c]. 11 Mais d’après vous, si un homme dit à son père ou à sa mère: ‘Ce dont j'aurais pu t'assister est corban, c'est-à-dire une offrande à Dieu’, 12 alors il peut ne plus rien faire pour son père ou pour sa mère. 13 Vous annulez ainsi la parole de Dieu par la tradition que vous avez établie et vous faites beaucoup d'autres choses semblables.»
14 Ensuite, Jésus appela toute la foule et lui dit: «Ecoutez-moi tous et comprenez. 15 Il n'y a rien d'extérieur à l'homme qui puisse le rendre impur en pénétrant en lui, mais c'est ce qui sort de l'homme qui le rend impur. 16 [Si quelqu'un a des oreilles pour entendre, qu'il entende.]»
17 Lorsqu'il fut entré dans la maison, loin de la foule, ses disciples l'interrogèrent sur cette parabole. 18 Il leur dit: «Vous aussi, vous êtes donc sans intelligence? Ne comprenez-vous pas que rien de ce qui, de l’extérieur, entre dans l'homme ne peut le rendre impur? 19 En effet, cela n'entre pas dans son cœur, mais dans son ventre, puis est évacué dans les toilettes.» Il déclarait ainsi que tous les aliments sont purs. 20 Il dit encore: «C'est ce qui sort de l'homme qui le rend impur. 21 En effet, c'est de l’intérieur, c'est du cœur des hommes que sortent les mauvaises pensées, les adultères, l'immoralité sexuelle, les meurtres, 22 les vols, la soif de posséder, les méchancetés, la fraude, la débauche, le regard envieux, la calomnie, l'orgueil, la folie. 23 Toutes ces choses mauvaises sortent du dedans et rendent l'homme impur.»
Jésus et la femme non juive
24 Jésus partit de là et s'en alla dans le territoire de Tyr et de Sidon. Il entra dans une maison, désirant que personne ne le sache, mais il ne put rester caché, 25 car une femme dont la fillette avait un esprit impur entendit parler de lui et vint se jeter à ses pieds. 26 Cette femme était une non-Juive d'origine syro-phénicienne. Elle le pria de chasser le démon hors de sa fille. Jésus lui dit: 27 «Laisse d'abord les enfants se rassasier, car il n'est pas bien de prendre le pain des enfants et de le jeter aux petits chiens.» 28 «Oui, Seigneur, lui répondit-elle, mais les petits chiens, sous la table, mangent les miettes des enfants.» 29 Alors il lui dit: «A cause de cette parole, tu peux t’en aller: le démon est sorti de ta fille.» 30 Et quand elle rentra chez elle, elle trouva l'enfant couchée sur le lit: le démon était sorti.
31 Jésus quitta le territoire de Tyr et revint par Sidon vers le lac de Galilée en traversant la région de la Décapole. 32 On lui amena un sourd qui avait de la difficulté à parler et on le supplia de poser la main sur lui. 33 Il le prit à part loin de la foule, lui mit les doigts dans les oreilles et lui toucha la langue avec sa propre salive. 34 Puis il leva les yeux au ciel, soupira et dit: «Ephphatha» – c'est-à-dire «Ouvre-toi». 35 Aussitôt ses oreilles s'ouvrirent, sa langue se délia et il se mit à parler correctement. 36 Jésus leur recommanda de n'en parler à personne, mais plus il le leur recommandait, plus ils le proclamaient. 37 Remplis d'étonnement, ils disaient: «Il fait tout à merveille; il fait même entendre les sourds et parler les muets.»
Mark 7
Legacy Standard Bible
God’s Commandments, Man’s Traditions
7 (A)And the Pharisees and some of the scribes *gathered around Him when they had come (B)from Jerusalem, 2 and had seen that some of His disciples were eating their bread with (C)defiled hands, that is, unwashed. 3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they [a]carefully wash their hands, thus observing the (D)tradition of the elders; 4 and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they [b]wash themselves; and there are many other things which they have received in order to observe, such as the washing of (E)cups and pitchers and copper pots.) 5 And the Pharisees and the scribes *asked Him, “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the (F)tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with (G)defiled hands?” 6 And He said to them, “Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written:
‘(H)This people honors Me with their lips,
But their heart is far away from Me.
7 (I)But in vain do they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the commands of men.’
8 Leaving the commandment of God, you hold to the (J)tradition of men.”
9 And He was also saying to them, “You are good at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your (K)tradition. 10 For Moses said, ‘(L)Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘(M)He who speaks evil of father or mother, is to [c]be put to death’; 11 but you say, ‘If a man says to his father or his mother, whatever you might benefit from me is (N)Corban (that is to say, [d]given to God),’ 12 you no longer leave him to do anything for his father or his mother; 13 thus invalidating the word of God by your (O)tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that.”
The Heart of Man
14 And after He called the crowd to Him again, He began saying to them, “Listen to Me, all of you, and understand: 15 there is nothing outside the man which can defile him if it goes into him; but the things which proceed out of the man are what defile the man. 16 [e][And if anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”]
17 And when He had left the crowd and entered (P)the house, (Q)His disciples were asking Him about the parable. 18 And He *said to them, “Are you lacking understanding in this way as well? Do you not [f]perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him, 19 because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and goes to the sewer?” (Thus He declared (R)all foods (S)clean.) 20 And He was saying, “(T)That which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man. 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders, adulteries, 22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, [g](U)envy, slander, [h]pride, and foolishness. 23 All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man.”
A Gentile Woman’s Faith
24 (V)Now Jesus stood up and went away from there to the region of (W)Tyre[i]. And when He had entered a house, He was wanting no one to know of it; [j]yet He could not escape notice. 25 But after hearing of Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately came and fell at His feet. 26 Now the woman was a [k]Greek, of Syrophoenician descent. And she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter. 27 And He was saying to her, “Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not [l]good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” 28 But she answered and *said to Him, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table feed on the children’s crumbs.” 29 And He said to her, “Because of this [m]answer go; the demon has gone out of your daughter.” 30 And going back to her home, she found the child [n]lying on the bed, the demon having left.
The Deaf Hear, the Mute Speak
31 (X)And again He went out from the region of (Y)Tyre, and came through Sidon to (Z)the Sea of Galilee, within the region of the (AA)Decapolis. 32 And they *brought to Him one who was deaf and spoke with difficulty, and they *pleaded with Him to (AB)lay His hand on him. 33 (AC)And Jesus took him aside from the crowd, by himself, and put His fingers into his ears, and after (AD)spitting, He touched his tongue; 34 and looking up to heaven with a (AE)sigh, He *said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!” 35 And his ears were opened, and the [o]impediment of his tongue [p]was removed, and he began speaking plainly. 36 And (AF)He gave them orders not to tell anyone; but the more He was ordering them, the more widely they (AG)continued to proclaim it. 37 And they were utterly astonished, saying, “He has done all things well; He makes even the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”
Footnotes
- Mark 7:3 Lit with the fist
- Mark 7:4 Ceremonial cleansing; lit baptizing
- Mark 7:10 Lit die the death
- Mark 7:11 An offering; or a gift
- Mark 7:16 Early mss omit this v
- Mark 7:18 Or understand; see Matt 15:17, but cf. Mark 8:17
- Mark 7:22 Lit an evil eye
- Mark 7:22 Or arrogance
- Mark 7:24 Two early mss add and Sidon
- Mark 7:24 Lit and
- Mark 7:26 Or Gentile
- Mark 7:27 Or proper
- Mark 7:29 Lit word
- Mark 7:30 Lit thrown
- Mark 7:35 Or bond
- Mark 7:35 Lit was loosed
Mark 7
New International Version
That Which Defiles(A)
7 The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus 2 and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled,(B) that is, unwashed. 3 (The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders.(C) 4 When they come from the marketplace they do not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles.[a])(D)
5 So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders(E) instead of eating their food with defiled hands?”
6 He replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written:
“‘These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
7 They worship me in vain;
their teachings are merely human rules.’[b](F)
8 You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.”(G)
9 And he continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe[c] your own traditions!(H) 10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’[d](I) and, ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’[e](J) 11 But you say(K) that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God)— 12 then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother. 13 Thus you nullify the word of God(L) by your tradition(M) that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.”
14 Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. 15 Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.” [16] [f]
17 After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him(N) about this parable. 18 “Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them? 19 For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.” (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods(O) clean.)(P)
20 He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. 21 For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22 adultery, greed,(Q) malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. 23 All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”
Jesus Honors a Syrophoenician Woman’s Faith(R)
24 Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre.[g](S) He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence secret. 25 In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an impure spirit(T) came and fell at his feet. 26 The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.
27 “First let the children eat all they want,” he told her, “for it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
28 “Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
29 Then he told her, “For such a reply, you may go; the demon has left your daughter.”
30 She went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.
Jesus Heals a Deaf and Mute Man(U)
31 Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre(V) and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee(W) and into the region of the Decapolis.[h](X) 32 There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk,(Y) and they begged Jesus to place his hand on(Z) him.
33 After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then he spit(AA) and touched the man’s tongue. 34 He looked up to heaven(AB) and with a deep sigh(AC) said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means “Be opened!”). 35 At this, the man’s ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly.(AD)
36 Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone.(AE) But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it. 37 People were overwhelmed with amazement. “He has done everything well,” they said. “He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”
Footnotes
- Mark 7:4 Some early manuscripts pitchers, kettles and dining couches
- Mark 7:7 Isaiah 29:13
- Mark 7:9 Some manuscripts set up
- Mark 7:10 Exodus 20:12; Deut. 5:16
- Mark 7:10 Exodus 21:17; Lev. 20:9
- Mark 7:16 Some manuscripts include here the words of 4:23.
- Mark 7:24 Many early manuscripts Tyre and Sidon
- Mark 7:31 That is, the Ten Cities
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