Mark - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 1091

7-xx MARK. 12 16 18 20 21 22 26 Moses said, Hoxoun Youn 1=n11m< Arm voun Mcrusn ; ¤ and, WH0 NxGLEc1‘s ms FATHER on ms M0- THER, LET HIM END IN DEATH! But you say, ‘If a man should say to his father or to his mother, ' All that I possess with which I might help you is Kox·ba¤—a gift to God ’: then you will never again allow him to do anything for his father or his mother; thus distorting the word of God by your regulation, which you have handed gown: and many similar things you O.}! Then, calling to Him again the

All of you listen to Me, and understand. Nothing that enters the man from without can pollute him; but, on the contrary, that which comes out of the man, that is what pollutes him. If any one has ears to hear, let him listen. Now when He had entered the

house, away from the crowd, His dis- ciples asked Him about the parable. Are you also

still ignorant? Do you not perceive that what enters into the man from without cannot pollute him? because it does not reach the intellect, but passes into the bowels; which elimin— ate all foods. What comes out from that pollutes the man. For from within, from the intellect of the man, proceed vile thoughts, adultery, fornication, mur- der, theft, avarice, wickedness, deceit, proiiigacy, a wicked eye, blasphemy, arrogance, and recklessness. All these corrupt things come out of and pollute Mya §g1·¤pl;mniciaa Mmm:. Starting from there, He proceeded

to the borderland of Tyre and Sidon. And going to a house, He wished no one to know it; but He could not be hid: for at once a woman, whose daughter was possessed by a foul spirit, having heard about Him, came and fell at His feet, The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race; and she begged Him that He would cast out the demon from her daughter. Let Me

lirst satisfy My children; for it is n; t fair to take the bread of My children, and Bing it to the whelps. she— said in reply to yet even the whelps under the Exod. xx. 12. * Exod. xxlmy. table eat of the crumbs of the chil- He 2g you may go; the demon has left your daughter.’ And returning to her home, she 30 found the demon gone, and her daughter resting upon a couch. 3 Qeaf ann §uml: Qin: Eurzh. Then departing again from the dis-

tricts of Tyre and Sidon, He came towards the sea of Galilee, through the middle of the district of Decapolis. They then brought Him a deaf stam- merer, and desired Him to place His hands upon him. So taldng him aside from the crowd, He placed His fingers in his ears; and having spit, He touched his tongue. Then loohng up to heaven, He sighed, and said to Be And his hearing was im- mediately restored, the defects of his tongue were remedied, and he spoke quite plainly. He then enjoined them to tell no

one; but the more He urged them, the more persistently they proclaimed it. And their astonishment was so How admirably He does everything I He makes both the deaf to hear, and the speechless to speak I Snelling Sour Gbuusanb. About this time a very great crowd

collected ; and having nothing to eat, jesus called His disciples to Him, I am grieved for the crowd, because they have remained with Me three days, and they have nothing that they can eat. If I there- fore dismiss them to their homes, they will faint by the way; for some of them have come from a distance.’ His disciples accordingly asked Him

From where are we able, here in this desert, to satisfy all these He asked them. was their reply. He then instructed the crowd to be

seated upon the ground; and taking the seven loaves, having o5ered a blessing, He broke up and gave to His disciples for distribution, and they handed round to the crowd. Besides, they had a few small fishes; and hav- ing blessed, He ordered these also to be distributed. And they ate, and IOQI 33