The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-25
~ THE GOOD NEWS VIZ
AS RECORDED ~ MARK
Translated Into Everyday English from The
Text Of the Resultant Greek testament
By the Late Richard francis Weymouth.
The Gospels IN Serial form Printed Every Sat-
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spiritual THING
Then the Pharisees. with certain
Scribes who had come from Jerusalem.
came to Him in a body. They had
noticed that some of His disciples
were eating their food with 'unclean'
Chat is to say. unwashed) hands. (For
the Pharisees and all the Jews
being. as they are. jealous for the
without first carefully washing their
hands. and when they come from
market they will not eat without
bathing first: and they have q good
many other customs which they have
received additionally and cling to,
such as the rinsing of cups and pots
and of bronze utensils, and the
washing of beds.) So the Pharisees
and Scribes put the question to Him;
why do your disciples transgress
the traditions Of the Elders, and eat
their food with unclean hands,"
Rightly did Isaiah prophesy OF you
hypocrites," He replied; "as it is
This People honour Me with their
lips.
While their hearts are far away
from Me:
But idle is their devotion
While they lay down Precepts VIII On |
are mere human rules lisa. |
xxx. I3).
You neglect Gods Commandment: |
you hold fast TO mems traditions"
''PraisewOrthy indeed" He added, |
ito set at nOught Gods Command
ment in order to observe your own |
tradiuonsl For Moses said, Honour |
thy father and thy mother (Exod. Xxx |
I'D, and again. He who curses father
or mother, let him die the death /
(ExOd. xxi. ID. But you say, If a |
man says to his father or mother, It /
is Korban Chat is. a thing devoted |
otherwise you would have received |
from me And so you no longer /
allow him to do anything for his /
father or mother, thus multiplying Gods
precept by your tradition which you
have handed down. And many things
of that kind you do"
Then Jesus called the people to Him
again.
Listen to me. all of you" He said,
land understand. There Is nothing
can make him unclean; but it is the
things which come out of a man that
make him unclean."
After He had left the crowd and
gone indoors. His disciples began to
ask Him about this figure of speech.
Have you also so little
not understand that anything whatever
that enters a man from outside cannot
make him unclean, because it does
not go into his heart, but into his
stomach, and passes away elected
from him?"
BY these words Jesus pronounced
all kinds of food clean.
What comes out OF a man" He
added, that il is which makes him
1nclean- For from within, out of
mems hearts. their evil purposes
Observation-Disclosures theft, murder.
adultery, covetousness, wickedness, !
ieceit, hcentiousness, envy, reviling.
pride. reckless folly: all these wicked
-hings come out from within and
make a man uncIean."
Then He rose and left that place
Ind went into the neighbourhood of
Tyre and Sidon.
A Gentle Girl cured j
Here He entered a house and wished I
10 one to know it, but He could not I
sscape observation. Forthwith a 9
woman whose little daughter was I
possessed by a foul spirit heard of ]
Him. and came and flung herself at
His feet She was a Gentle woman,
Syro-phoenician by nation: and {
lgain and again she begged Him to c
,xpel the demon from her daughter. s
Let the children first eat all they c
want, He caid; cit is not right to take 4
he children's bread and throw it to
he dogs"
True, Sir" she replied. "and yet !
\, ne dogs under the table eat the i
'hildren's scraps" !
For those words of yours. go !
home" He replied: the demon has !
zone out OF your daughter :
50 she went home, and found the =
rome
deaf Stammerer cured J
Returning from the neighbourhood
u Tyre. He came by way of Sidon, to |
ne Lake Of Galilee. passing through / I
he district of the Ten Towns Here \
hey brought to Him a deaf man that
Him to lay His hands So Jesus I
aking him aside, apart from the I
rowd. put His fingers into his ears. c
M spat, and moistened his tongue;
No looking up to Heaven He sighed,
nd said to him,
''Ephphatha!" (that is, "Open!") \
ana the mans ears were opened, Q
nd his tongue became united, and he
esan TO speak perfectly. Then Jesus
harged them to tell no one: but the
more He charged them. all the more
ID they spread the news far and wide Il
ne amazemel-t was extreme.
he succeeds in everything he :.
ttempts," the.- exclaimed she even :
makes deaf men hear and dumb men 4
peak" =
lore than 1000 People fed Z
About that time there was again an n
crowd, and they found
themselves with nothing to eat. So
ie called His disciples to Him.
My heart yearns over the people," !,
ie said; for this is now the third
ay they have remained with me, and
hey have nothing to eat. If I were Y
D send them home hungry. they -
'ouId faint o. the way. some of them II
aVlng come great distance" T,
where can we possibly get bread
ere in this remote place to satisfy o
UGH a crowd - answered His
isciples.
How many loaves have your" He
sked.
Severn they said NJ
So He passed the word to the people
sit down on the ground Then &C
KING the seven loaves He blessed y
lem. and broke them into portions y
nd proceeded 10 give them to His
selples Tor them to distribute. and Of