I. Withdrawal to the Gentiles........................ 7:24-8:9
Mar 7:24
And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid.Mar 7:25
For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:Mar 7:26
The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.Mar 7:27
But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.Mar 7:28
And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.Mar 7:29
And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.Mar 7:30
And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.Mar 7:31
And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.Mar 7:32
And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.Mar 7:33
And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;Mar 7:34
And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.Mar 7:35
And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.Mar 7:36
And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;Mar 7:37
And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.Mar 8:1
In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them,Mar 8:2
I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:Mar 8:3
And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.Mar 8:4
And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?Mar 8:5
And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.Mar 8:6
And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people.Mar 8:7
And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them.Mar 8:8
So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets.Mar 8:9
And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.