Mark 7:14-37

New King James Version

^14 (A)When He had called all the multitude to Himself, He said to them, “Hear Me, everyone, and ^(B)understand: ¹⁵ There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are the things that ^(C)defile a man. ^16 (D)If^[a] anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”

^17 (E)When He had entered a house away from the crowd, His disciples asked Him concerning the parable. ¹⁸ So He said to them, ^(F)“Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him, ¹⁹ because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated, ^[b]thus purifying all foods?” ²⁰ And He said, ^(G)“What comes out of a man, that defiles a man. ^21 (H)For from within, out of the heart of men, ^(I)proceed evil thoughts, ^(J)adulteries, ^(K)fornications, murders, ²² thefts, ^(L)covetousness, wickedness, ^(M)deceit, ^(N)lewdness, an evil eye, ^(O)blasphemy, ^(P)pride, foolishness. ²³ All these evil things come from within and defile a man.”

A Gentile Shows Her Faith^(Q)

^24 (R)From there He arose and went to the region of Tyre ^[c]and Sidon. And He entered a house and wanted no one to know it, but He could not be ^(S)hidden. ²⁵ For a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit heard about Him, and she came and ^(T)fell at His feet. ²⁶ The woman was a ^[d]Greek, a ^[e]Syro-Phoenician by birth, and she kept ^[f]asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter. ²⁷ But Jesus said to her, “Let the children be filled first, for it is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.”

²⁸ And she answered and said to Him, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs under the table eat from the children’s crumbs.”

²⁹ Then He said to her, “For this saying go your way; the demon has gone out of your daughter.”

³⁰ And when she had come to her house, she found the demon gone out, and her daughter lying on the bed.

Jesus Heals a Deaf-Mute^(U)

^31 (V)Again, departing from the region of Tyre and Sidon, He came through the midst of the region of Decapolis to the Sea of Galilee. ³² Then ^(W)they brought to Him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they begged Him to put His hand on him. ³³ And He took him aside from the multitude, and put His fingers in his ears, and ^(X)He spat and touched his tongue. ³⁴ Then, ^(Y)looking up to heaven, ^(Z)He sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.”

^35 (AA)Immediately his ears were opened, and the ^[g]impediment of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly. ³⁶ Then ^(AB)He commanded them that they should tell no one; but the more He commanded them, the more widely they proclaimed it. ³⁷ And they were ^(AC)astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He ^(AD)makes both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”