Mark 7:20-37 ▼

20 And He was saying, “That which is proceeding out of the man, that defiles the man.

21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil reasonings, sexual immorality, thefts, murders, adulteries,

22 covetous desires, wickednesses, deceit, sensuality, an evil eye, slander, pride, foolishness.

23 All these evils proceed from within, and they defile the man.”

24 And from there having risen up, He went away into the borders of Tyre. And having entered into a house, He was wanting no one to know it, and He was not able to be hidden.

25 But immediately, having heard about Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having come, fell at His feet.

26 Now the woman was a Greek, Syrophoenician by race, and she was asking Him that He might cast the demon out of her daughter.

27 And He was saying to her, “Permit the children first to be satisfied; for it is not good to take the bread of the children and to cast it to the dogs.”

28 But she answered, and she says to Him, “Yes, Lord, even the dogs under the table eat from the crumbs of the children.”

29 And He said to her, “Because of this word, go; the demon has gone forth out of your daughter.”

30 And having gone away to her house, she found the child laid on the bed, and the demon having gone out.

31 And again, having gone out from the borders of Tyre, He went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of the Decapolis.

32 And they bring to Him a deaf man (and he spoke with difficulty), and they implore Him that He might lay the hand on him.

33 And having taken him away from the crowd by himself, He put His fingers into his ears. And having spit, He touched his tongue.

34 And having looked up to heaven, He sighed deeply, and He says to him, “Ephphatha!” (that is, “Be opened!”)

35 And his ears were opened, and immediately the band of his tongue was loosed, and he was speaking rightly.

36 And He instructed them that they should tell no one. But as much as He was instructing them, they were proclaiming it more abundantly.

37 And they were astonished above measure, saying, “He has done all things well! He makes both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak!”