Mark 7:24–37 · BSB
7:24
Jesus left that place and went to the region of Tyre. Not wanting anyone to know He was there, He entered a house, but was unable to escape their notice.
7:25
Instead, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit soon heard about Jesus, and she came and fell at His feet.
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7:26
Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.
7:27
“First let the children have their fill,” He said. “For it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
7:28
“Yes, Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
7:29
Then Jesus told her, “Because of this answer, you may go. The demon has left your daughter.”
7:30
And she went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon was gone.
7:31
Then Jesus left the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.
7:32
Some people brought to Him a man who was deaf and hardly able to speak, and they begged Jesus to place His hand on him.
7:33
So Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, and put His fingers into the man’s ears. Then He spit and touched the man’s tongue.
7:34
And looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means, “Be opened!”).
7:35
Immediately the man’s ears were opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak plainly.
7:36
Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more He ordered them, the more widely they proclaimed it.
7:37
The people were utterly astonished and said, “He has done all things well! He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!”
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