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Mark 7:24 through Mark 7:37 (NIV)
24Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre. He entered a
house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence
secret. 25In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter
was possessed by an evil spirit came and fell at his feet. 26The woman was a
Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her
daughter.
27“First let the children eat all they want,” he told her, “for it is not right
to take the children’s bread and toss it to their dogs.”
28“Yes, Lord,” she replied, “but even the dogs under the table eat the
children’s crumbs.”
29Then he told her, “For such a reply, you may go; the demon has left your
daughter.”
30She went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.
31Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea
of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis. 32There some people brought to
him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged him to place his
hand on the man.
33After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the
man’s ears. Then he spit and touched the man’s tongue. 34He looked up to heaven
and with a deep sigh said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means, “Be opened!”). 35At
this, the man’s ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak
plainly.
36Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they
kept talking about it. 37People were overwhelmed with amazement. “He has done
everything well,” they said. “He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
VERSES 24-30
Christ never put any from him that fell at his feet, which a poor trembling soul
may do. As she was a good woman, so a good mother. This sent her to Christ. His
saying, Let the children first be filled, shows that there was mercy for the
Gentiles, and not far off. She spoke, not as making light of the mercy, but
magnifying the abundance of miraculous cures among the Jews, in comparison with
which a single cure was but as a crumb. Thus, while proud Pharisees are left by
the blessed Saviour, he manifests his compassion to poor humbled sinners, who
look to him for children’s bread. He still goes about to seek and save the lost.
VERSES 31-37
Here is a cure of one that was deaf and dumb. Those who brought this poor man to
Christ, besought him to observe the case, and put forth his power. Our Lord used
more outward actions in the doing of this cure than usual. These were only signs
of Christ’s power to cure the man, to encourage his faith, and theirs that
brought him. Though we find great variety in the cases and manner of relief of
those who applied to Christ, yet all obtained the relief they sought. Thus it
still is in the great concerns of our souls.