Mark 7:24-8:10

Modern English Version

The Syrophoenician Woman’s Faith^(A)

²⁴ From there He arose and went to the region of Tyre and Sidon. He entered a house and would have no one know it. Yet He could not be hidden. ²⁵ For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of Him, and came and fell at His feet. ²⁶ The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. And she begged Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

²⁷ Jesus said to her, “Let the children first be filled. For it is not fitting to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”

²⁸ She answered, “Yes, Lord. Yet the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”

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

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

The Deaf and Mute Man Healed

³¹ Again, departing from the region of Tyre and Sidon, He came to the Sea of Galilee, through the region of the Decapolis. ³² They brought to Him one who was deaf and had difficulty speaking. And they pleaded with Him to put His hand on him.

³³ He took him aside from the crowd, and put His fingers into his ears, and spat and touched his tongue. ³⁴ Looking up to heaven, He sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.” ³⁵ Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was loosened, and he spoke correctly.

³⁶ He ordered them to tell no one. But the more He ordered them, the more they greatly proclaimed it. ³⁷ They were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”

The Feeding of the Four Thousand^(B)

8 In those days, the crowds being very great with nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples to Him and said to them, ² “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have now been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. ³ If I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come from afar.”

⁴ His disciples answered, “Where can one get bread to feed these men here in the wilderness?”

⁵ He asked them, “How many loaves do you have?”

They said, “Seven.”

⁶ He commanded the people to sit down on the ground. Taking the seven loaves and giving thanks, He broke them and gave them to His disciples to serve. And they served the crowd. ⁷ And they had a few small fish. And blessing them, He commanded that these also be served them. ⁸ So they ate and were filled. And they collected seven baskets of the broken pieces that were left. ⁹ There were about four thousand who had eaten, and He sent them away. ¹⁰ He immediately entered a boat with His disciples and came to the region of Dalmanutha.