Old Testament

Exodus 6-7

^6:1Yahweh said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh, for by a strong hand he shall let them go, and by a strong hand he shall drive them out of his land."

^6:2God spoke to Moses, and said to him, "I am Yahweh; ^6:3and I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them. ^6:4I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their travels, in which they lived as aliens. ^6:5Moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered my covenant. ^6:6Therefore tell the children of Israel, 'I am Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments: ^6:7and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. ^6:8I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for a heritage: I am Yahweh.'"

^6:9Moses spoke so to the children of Israel, but they didn't listen to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

^6:10Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ^6:11"Go in, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land."

^6:12Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, "Behold, the children of Israel haven't listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, who am of uncircumcised lips?" ^6:13Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a charge to the children of Israel, and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

^6:14These are the heads of their fathers' houses. The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben. ^6:15The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon. ^6:16These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred thirty-seven years. ^6:17The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families. ^6:18The sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred thirty-three years. ^6:19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations. ^6:20Amram took Jochebed his father's sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years. ^6:21The sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. ^6:22The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri. ^6:23Aaron took Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, as his wife; and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ^6:24The sons of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites. ^6:25Eleazar Aaron's son took one of the daughters of Putiel as his wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites according to their families. ^6:26These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom Yahweh said, "Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts." ^6:27These are those who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. These are that Moses and Aaron.

^6:28It happened on the day when Yahweh spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, ^6:29that Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, "I am Yahweh. Speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to you."

^6:30Moses said before Yahweh, "Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?"

^7:1Yahweh said to Moses, "Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet. ^7:2You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. ^7:3I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. ^7:4But Pharaoh will not listen to you, and I will lay my hand on Egypt, and bring forth my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. ^7:5The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh, when I stretch forth my hand on Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them."

^7:6Moses and Aaron did so. As Yahweh commanded them, so they did. ^7:7Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.

^7:8Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, ^7:9"When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, 'Perform a miracle!' then you shall tell Aaron, 'Take your rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a serpent.'"

^7:10Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as Yahweh had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent. ^7:11Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers. They also, the magicians of Egypt, did in like manner with their enchantments. ^7:12For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. ^7:13Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them; as Yahweh had spoken.

^7:14Yahweh said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go. ^7:15Go to Pharaoh in the morning. Behold, he goes out to the water; and you shall stand by the river's bank to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand. ^7:16You shall tell him, 'Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, "Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness:" and, behold, until now you haven't listened. ^7:17Thus says Yahweh, "In this you shall know that I am Yahweh. Behold, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. ^7:18The fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river."'" ^7:19Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Take your rod, and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.'"

^7:20Moses and Aaron did so, as Yahweh commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood. ^7:21The fish that were in the river died; and the river became foul, and the Egyptians couldn't drink water from the river; and the blood was throughout all the land of Egypt. ^7:22The magicians of Egypt did in like manner with their enchantments; and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them; as Yahweh had spoken. ^7:23Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he lay even this to heart. ^7:24All the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink; for they couldn't drink of the water of the river. ^7:25Seven days were fulfilled, after Yahweh had struck the river.

New Testament

Mark 7

^7:1Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem. ^7:2Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault. ^7:3(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, don't eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders. ^7:4They 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.) ^7:5The 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?"

^7:6He 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.

 ^7:7But in vain do they worship me,
      Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'

^7:8"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." ^7:9He said to them, "Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition. ^7:10For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother;' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.' ^7:11But 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;"' ^7:12then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother, ^7:13making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this."

^7:14He called all the multitude to himself, and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand. ^7:15There 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. ^7:16If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!"

^7:17When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable. ^7:18He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Don't you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can't defile him, ^7:19because it doesn't go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, thus making all foods clean?" ^7:20He said, "That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man. ^7:21For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts, ^7:22covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness. ^7:23All these evil things come from within, and defile the man."

^7:24From 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. ^7:25For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet. ^7:26Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter. ^7:27But 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."

^7:28But she answered him, "Yes, Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."

^7:29He said to her, "For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter."

^7:30She went away to her house, and found the child lying on the bed, with the demon gone out.

^7:31Again he departed from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the region of Decapolis. ^7:32They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him. ^7:33He took him aside from the multitude, privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue. ^7:34Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha!" that is, "Be opened!" ^7:35Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke clearly. ^7:36He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it. ^7:37They were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak!"