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OET (OET-LV) And again having_called_to the crowd, he_was_saying to_them:
All be_hearing from_me and be_understanding:
This section (7:1–23) deals with the difference between ritual uncleanness and real moral uncleanness. Ritual uncleanness is external, but real uncleanness involves the inner being of a person. Mark introduced this topic by describing an incident in which the Pharisees and teachers of the law rebuked Jesus. They did this because his disciples ate without first performing the hand-washing ceremony required by Jewish tradition (7:1–5).
Jesus did not respond to their rebuke directly. Instead, he gave an example of how these leaders ignored God’s law in order to follow their own traditions (7:6–13). Jesus then explained to the crowd that true uncleanness in God’s sight is not caused by external things. It is not caused by things such as food going into the body. True uncleanness is caused by sinful things that a person does or says. Those things come from a person’s inner being (7:14–23).
It is good to translate this section before you decide on a heading for it.
Here are some other possible headings for this section:
Ritual uncleanness is not what causes God to consider a person unclean
Jesus teaches about what defiles a person
There are parallel passages for this section in Matthew 15:1–20 and Luke 11:37–39.
In this paragraph, Jesus again spoke to the crowd. He explained to them that what defiles a person is not something external like food that goes into a person’s body. Rather, what defiles a person in God’s sight are the sinful things that come from inside him. Jesus implied that the Pharisees and teachers of the law were wrong to focus on external rituals such as hand-washing.
Once again Jesus called the crowd to Him and said,
¶ Then Jesus called the crowd to him again and said,
¶ After answering the Pharisees and teachers of the law, Jesus again called all the other people in the crowd to come to him. He said,
The part of the story that starts in 7:14 probably began immediately after 7:1–13. In some languages, it is natural to begin a new part of a story with a time word or phrase. If your language is like that, use an expression here that is not too specific. For example:
Then (GNT)
After that
In other languages, a time word or phrase is not necessary. Introduce this part of the story in a natural way in your language.
Once again Jesus called the crowd to Him: There is a textual issue here: (1) Some Greek texts have the word again. For example, the NET says: “he called the crowd again” (BSB, RSV, NIV, NJB, NET, NCV, GW, NASB, CEV, REB, GNT, ESV, JBP).” (2) Other Greek texts have the word all. For example the KJV says: “he called all the crowd” (KJV). It is recommended that you follow option (1) as the majority of English versions do. The Greek word that the BSB translates as Once again shows that Jesus began to speak to the people in the crowd, as he had done earlier. These people were there when the Pharisees and teachers of the law questioned him and he responded to their question.
Jesus called the crowd to Him: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as Jesus called the crowd to Him means that Jesus invited the crowd to gather around him. He did this because he wanted to talk to them.
Here are some other ways to translate this phrase:
Jesus called the crowd together again… (CEV)
Jesus called to the crowd to come and hear. (NLT)
“All of you, listen to Me and understand:
“Listen carefully to me, everyone of you, and try to understand this.
“Each of you, listen to what I am saying and think carefully about the meaning of what I am going to tell you.
All of you, listen to Me and understand: The expression All of you, listen to Me and understand indicates that:
Jesus intended to say something important to the crowd.
He strongly urged the people to listen carefully to what he said.
Each part of what Jesus said adds emphasis. Listen to me means “concentrate on what I am saying.” The phrase All of you makes clear that what he said was so important that each person should listen. The word understand emphasizes that everyone should think carefully about the meaning of what Jesus was about to say.
Use an expression in your language that people say when they want others to give careful attention and think about the meaning of what they hear. For example:
Pay attention and try to understand what I mean. (CEV)
Hear me, all of you, and understand (RSV)
7:1-23 This account has no direct connection with what precedes it. It assumes only a context such as “Once in the ministry of Jesus.” After setting the scene (7:1-4), Mark introduces the Pharisees’ question (7:5), followed by Jesus’ response (7:6-23). The first part of Jesus’ response (7:6-13) centers around two Old Testament passages and a twofold attack on the Pharisees’ traditions (7:6-8, 9-13). In the second part (7:14-23), Jesus teaches about what does and does not truly defile.
OET (OET-LV) And again having_called_to the crowd, he_was_saying to_them:
All be_hearing from_me and be_understanding:
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.