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This was the peak of Jesus popularity
But we will quickly notice because, He would not do what they wanted Him to do, His popularity would quickly decline
1 Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,
He speaks in parables but He only explains them to the 12
The time is around the Passover
1 Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,
This is a very prestigious group, come from Jerusalem
They want Jesus dead.
The Confrontation
There are four stages in this drama, and the first is accusation (). The Jewish religious leaders were now openly hostile toward the Lord and His ministry. It was not unusual for them to follow Him from place to place simply to watch for something to criticize. In this case, they accused the disciples of failing to practice the Jewish ceremonial washing. These washings had nothing to do with personal hygiene, nor were they commanded in the Law. They were a part of the tradition that the scribes and Pharisees had given to the people to add to their burdens ().
2 they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.
This dose not mean that they were not sanitary
This dose not mean that their hands were dirty, this simply means that they were not ceremonially clean
Things Ceremonial show the need keep clean from sin
ceremonially unwashed
It was a technical term among Jews denoting whatever was contaminated according to their religious rituals and thus was unfit to be called holy or devoted to God.
The Disciples hands were clean but not clean enough for their standards
Grassmick, J. D. (1985). Mark. In J. F. Walvoord & R. B. Zuck (Eds.), The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures (Vol. 2, p. 132). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly, holding to the tradition of the elders,
This washing had nothing to do with cleaning dirty hands but with a ceremonial rinsing.
4 and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as the washing of cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches.)
5 And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?”
“Tradition is a fence around the law.” Tradition, as the Jews saw it, protected God’s Holy Word and assisted his people in keeping it.
The Mishnah, a compilation of Jewish oral laws made at the end of the second century A.D., says,
For example, looking in the mirror was forbidden, because if you looked into the mirror on the Sabbath day and saw a gray hair, you might be tempted to pull it out and thus perform work on the Sabbath.
You also could not wear your false teeth; if they fell out, you would have to pick them up and you would be working. In regard to carrying a burden, you could not carry a handkerchief on the Sabbath, but you could wear a handkerchief.
That meant if you were upstairs and wanted to take the handkerchief downstairs, you would have to tie it around your neck, walk downstairs, and untie it. Then you could blow your nose downstairs!
The rabbis debated about a man with a wooden leg: if his home caught on fire, could he carry his wooden leg out of the house on the Sabbath? One could spit on the Sabbath, but you had to be careful where. If it landed on the dirt and you scuffed it with your sandal, you would be cultivating the soil and thus performing work.
The Sabbath, of course, was just one concern of those who would fence the Law. The biggest concern of the Mishnah (some 186 pages) was “cleannesses,” and much of the concern here was with ritual washing. This originally rose from the Biblical command that all priests must wash their hands (; ). Though this was only a priestly requirement, all pious Jews began to do it about 200 years before Christ. By Jesus’ day, it was firmly entrenched as a requirement for those who wanted to be “clean.”
They were washing all the time! Before meals they would pour a little water over their hands, elevating them slightly so the water would run down to the wrist, and then would rub their hands together. Next they would lower their hands and rinse them, allowing the water to run off their fingertips. This was just for meals. If they were returning from a place where they could be defiled, such as the marketplace, they went to greater extremes. Some commentators think the language of our text means they took a bath!4 When it came to washing the dishes, they really got carried away. The later Mishnah indicated something of the extremeness of their bent during Jesus’ time, for it devoted thirty-five pages to washing “vessels” and other daily implements.
During Jesus’ day the Scriptural rituals of purity were so fenced and re-fenced that the concept of true inner purity had been trivialized to a system of external washings
Our Lord had already violated their Sabbath traditions (), so the Jews were eager to accuse Him when they saw the disciples eat “with defiled hands.” Why would such a seemingly trivial matter upset these religious leaders? Why would they feel compelled to defend their ceremonial washings? For one thing, these leaders resented it when our Lord openly flaunted their authority. After all, these practices had been handed down from the fathers and carried with them the authority of the ages! The Jews called tradition “the fence of the Law.” It was not the Law that protected the tradition, but the tradition that protected the Law!
True Kingdom Minded believers don’t have with clean hands with dirty hearts
Outward conformity is no substitute for inward transformation
Jesus made it clear in the Sermon on the Mount that true holiness is a matter of inward affection and attitude and not just outward actions and associations.
It does us good to examine our church traditions in the light of God’s Word and to be courageous enough to make changes
Wiersbe, W. W. (1996). The Bible exposition commentary (Vol. 1, p. 134). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
15 So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter.
refers to the body of doctrinal truth “handed down” from the Apostles to leaders in the church
Wiersbe, W. W. (1996). The Bible exposition commentary (Vol. 1, p. 134). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
2 and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
6 And he said to 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;
Why did Jesus call them Hypocrites ?
1. Their actions were just merely external and didn’t come a pure heart
2. Their teachings were not from the heart of God but rather reflected the tradition of men
They were hypocrites, “playactors,” whose religious worship was practiced in vain. True worship must come from the heart, and it must be directed by God’s truth, not man’s personal ideas. What a tragedy that religious people would ignorantly practice their religion and become the worse for doing it!
Wiersbe, W. W. (1996). The Bible exposition commentary (Vol. 1, p. 134). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
Tradition — a specific practice (of long standing) handed down from respected authorities.
Each new generation must engage in a similar conflict, for human nature is prone to hold on to worn-out man-made traditions and ignore or disobey the living Word of God.
It does us good to examine our church traditions in the light of God’s Word and to be courageous enough to make changes
15 So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter.
refers to the body of doctrinal truth “handed down” from the Apostles to leaders in the church
2 and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
7 in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’
Empty Worship
8 You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.”
9 And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!
16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day.
17 These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.
col 2
18 Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you. Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind.
19 They have lost connection with the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.
20 Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules:
21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”?
19 and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.
22 These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings.
23 Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.
14 not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth.
22 (referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to human precepts and teachings?
10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’
11 But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban” ’ (that is, given to God)—
The “tradition” in question allowed any individual to call all his possessions “Corban” (see note on v. 11). If a son became angry with his parents, he could declare his money and property “Corban.” Since Scripture teaches that any vow made to God could not be violated (), his possessions could not be used for anything but service to God and not as a resource of financial assistance for his parents
True Kingdom Minded believers don’t look for a loop holes to avoid personal responsibility
MacArthur, J., Jr. (Ed.). (1997). The MacArthur Study Bible (electronic ed., p. 1474). Nashville, TN: Word Pub.
12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother,
13 thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do.”
“to deprive of authority” to cancel
But they were not only destroying their character; they were also destroying the influence and authority of the very Word of God that they claimed to be defending.
Note the tragic sequence: teaching their doctrines as God’s Word (); laying aside God’s Word (); rejecting God’s Word (); finally, robbing God’s Word of its power (). People who revere man-made traditions above the Word of God eventually lose the power of God’s Word in their lives. No matter how devout they may appear, their hearts are far from God.
True Kingdom Minded believers don’t cancel or rob the Word of its authority because it bothers my traditions.
14 And he called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand:
15 There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.”
True Kingdom Minded believers understand that true defilement is a matter of the heart
Defile= to make common to make un pure
16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
Mark 7
17 And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable.
Mark
18 And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him,
MArk 7
19 since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.)
20 And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him.
21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.
True Kingdom Minded believers don’t gloss over sin
23 All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”
True Kingdom Minded believers don’t gloss over sin
The unregenerate heart is full of vile, viscus self centered and destructive attitudes that produce un godly and ugly behaviors
25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.
Eze 36 25
26 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.
Ez 36 27
24 And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet he could not be hidden.
25 But immediately a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard of him and came and fell down at his feet.
Jesus came to this area (about forty miles from Capernaum) so that He might have some privacy, but a concerned mother discovered He was there and came to Him for help.
26 Now the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophoenician by birth. And she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter.
Of the thirty-five recorded miracles in the Gospels, four directly involve women: the healing of Peter’s mother-in-law (); the raising of the widow’s son (); the raising of Lazarus (); and the casting out of the demon as recorded here.
To begin with, her nationality was against her: she was a Gentile and Jesus was a Jew. Besides that, she was a woman, and society in that day was dominated by the men. Satan was against her, for one of his demons had taken control in her daughter’s life. The disciples were against her; they wanted Jesus to send her away and let Him (and them) have some rest. For a time, it looked as though even Jesus was against her! It was not an easy situation, and yet she triumphed because of her great faith.
Wiersbe, W. W. (1996). The Bible exposition commentary (Vol. 1, p. 136). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
27 And he said to her, “Let the children be fed first, for it is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
The illustration Jesus gave was in essence a test of the woman’s faith. Jesus’ “first” responsibility was to preach the gospel to the children of Israel (cf. ; ).
But that also implied there would come a time when Gentiles would be the recipients of God’s blessings. the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.“The children’s bread” refers to God’s blessings offered to the Jews. This picture indicates that the “little dogs” (Gentiles) had a place in the household of God, but not the prominent one (see note on ). little dogs. The diminutive form suggests that this reference is to dogs that were kept as pets. Jesus was referring to the Gentiles, but He did not use the derisive term the Jews usually employed for them that described mangy, vicious mongrels.
(lit., “little dogs,” house pets, not outdoor scavengers) represented the Gentiles (not in a derogatory sense here).
28 But she answered him, “Yes, Lord; yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
MacArthur, J., Jr. (Ed.). (1997). The MacArthur Study Bible (electronic ed., p. 1475). Nashville, TN: Word Pub.
(lit., “little dogs,” house pets, not outdoor scavengers) represented the Gentiles (not in a derogatory sense here).
28 But she answered him, “Yes, Lord; yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
True Kingdom Minded believers understand, that true faith is being able to agree with what God says about me
True Kingdom Minded believers don’t get offended at a time of testing
29 And he said to her, “For this statement you may go your way; the demon has left your daughter.”
True Kingdom Minded believers will have persistent faith, that will cause them to overcome many obstacles
30 And she went home and found the child lying in bed and the demon gone.
31 Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis.
32 And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him.
33 And taking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting touched his tongue.
True Kingdom Minded believers, don't mind Jesus taking them aside
True Kingdom Minded believers understand that Jesus will diagnose us properly
34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.”
35 And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly.
36 And Jesus charged them to tell no one. But the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it.
37 And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”
True Kingdom Minded believers understands that everything He does is well