Mark 7:24-8:13

New American Standard Bible

The Syrophoenician Woman

^24 (A)Now Jesus got up and went from there to the region of ^(B)Tyre^[a]. And when He had entered a house, He wanted no one to know about it; and yet He could not escape notice. ²⁵ But after hearing about Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately came and fell at His feet. ²⁶ Now the woman was a ^[b]Gentile, of Syrophoenician descent. And she repeatedly asked Him to cast the demon out of her daughter. ²⁷ And He was saying to her, “Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not ^[c]good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the ^[d]dogs.” ²⁸ But she answered and *said to Him, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table feed on the children’s crumbs.” ²⁹ And He said to her, “Because of this ^[e]answer, go; the demon has gone out of your daughter.” ³⁰ And after going back to her home, she found the child ^[f]lying on the bed, and the demon gone.

^31 (C)Again He left the region of ^(D)Tyre and came through Sidon to ^(E)the Sea of Galilee, within the region of ^(F)Decapolis. ³² And they *brought to Him one who was deaf and had difficulty speaking, and they *begged Him to ^(G)lay His hand on him. ³³ And Jesus ^(H)took him aside from the crowd, by himself, and put His fingers in his ears, and after ^(I)spitting, He touched his tongue with the saliva; ³⁴ and looking up to heaven with a deep ^(J)sigh, He *said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!” ³⁵ And his ears were opened, and the ^[g]impediment of his tongue was ^[h]removed, and he began speaking plainly. ³⁶ And ^(K)He gave them orders not to tell anyone; but the more He ordered them, the more widely they ^(L)continued to proclaim it. ³⁷ And they were utterly astonished, saying, “He has done all things well; He makes even those who are deaf hear, and those who are unable to talk, speak.”

Four Thousand Men Fed

8 In those days, ^(M)when there was again a large crowd and they had nothing to eat, Jesus summoned His disciples and *said to them, ² “^(N)I feel compassion for the ^[i]people because they have remained with Me for three days already and have nothing to eat. ³ And if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come from a great distance.” ⁴ And His disciples replied to Him, “Where will anyone be able to find enough ^[j]bread here in this desolate place to satisfy these people?” ⁵ And He was asking them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven.” ⁶ And He *directed the ^[k]people to recline on the ground; and taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks and broke them, and started giving them to His disciples to serve, and they served them to the ^[l]people. ⁷ They also had a few small fish; and ^(O)after He had blessed them, He told the disciples to serve these as well. ⁸ And they ate and were satisfied; and they picked up seven large ^(P)baskets full of what was left over of the broken pieces. ⁹ About four thousand ^[m]men were there; and He dismissed them. ¹⁰ And immediately He got into the boat with His disciples and came to the region of ^(Q)Dalmanutha.

^11 (R)And the Pharisees came out and began to argue with Him, ^(S)demanding from Him a ^[n]sign from heaven, ^[o]to test Him. ^12 (T)Sighing deeply in His spirit, He *said, “Why does this generation demand a ^[p]sign? Truly I say to you, ^[q](U)no ^[r]sign will be given to this generation!” ¹³ And leaving them, He again embarked and went away to the other side.