Mark 7:24-37
Holman Christian Standard Bible
A Gentile Mother’s Faith
24 He got up and departed from(A) there to the region of Tyre(B) and Sidon.[a](C) He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it, but He could not escape notice. 25 Instead, immediately after hearing about Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit(D) came and fell at His feet.(E) 26 Now the woman was Greek,(F) a Syrophoenician by birth, and she kept asking Him to drive the demon(G) out of her daughter. 27 He said to her, “Allow the children to be satisfied first, because it isn’t right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”(H)
28 But she replied to Him, “Lord,(I) even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
29 Then He told her, “Because of this reply, you may go. The demon has gone out of your daughter.” 30 When she went back to her home, she found her child lying on the bed, and the demon was gone.
Jesus Does Everything Well
31 Again, leaving the region of Tyre,(J) He went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee,(K) through[b] the region of the Decapolis.(L) 32 They brought to Him a deaf(M) man who also had a speech difficulty,(N) and begged Jesus to lay His hand on(O) him. 33 So He took him away from the crowd privately. After putting His fingers in the man’s ears and spitting,(P) He touched his tongue. 34 Then, looking up to heaven,(Q) He sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!”[c] (that is, “Be opened!”). 35 Immediately his ears were opened,(R) his speech difficulty was removed,[d] and he began to speak clearly.(S) 36 Then He ordered them to tell no one,(T) but the more He would order them, the more they would proclaim(U) it.
37 They were extremely astonished and said, “He has done everything well!(V) He even makes deaf(W) people hear, and people unable to speak,(X) talk!”
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