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Mark 8:23   |  819
Jesus Honors a Syrophoenician Woman’s
Faith
24  Jesus left that ­place and went to the vi­
cin­i­t y of Tyre.  a He en­tered a ­house and did
not want any­one to know it; yet he ­could not
keep his pres­ence se­cret. 25  In fact, as soon as
she ­heard ­about him, a wom­a n ­w hose lit­t le
daugh­ter was pos­sessed by an im­pure spir­it
came and fell at his feet. 26  The wom­a n was a
Greek, born in Syr­i­a n Phoe­n ic­ia. She ­begged
Jesus to ­d rive the de­mon out of her daugh­ter.
27  “First let the chil­d ren eat all they want,”
he told her, “for it is not ­r ight to take the chil­
dren’s ­bread and toss it to the dogs.”
28  “Lord,” she re­plied, “even the dogs un­der
the ta­ble eat the chil­d ren’s crumbs.”
29  Then he told her, “For such a re­ply, you
may go; the de­mon has left your daugh­ter.”
30  She went home and ­found her ­child ly­i ng
on the bed, and the de­mon gone.
Jesus Heals a Deaf and Mute Man
31  Then ­Jesus left the vi­c in­i­t y of Tyre and
went ­t hrough Si­don, down to the Sea of Gal­i ­lee
and into the re­g ion of the De­cap­o­l is.  b 32  There
some peo­ple ­brought to him a man who was
deaf and ­could hard­ly talk, and they ­begged
Jesus to ­place his hand on him.
33  Af­t er he took him ­a side, away from the
c rowd, ­Jesus put his fin­gers into the ­m an’s
ears. Then he spit and ­t ouched the ­m an’s
tongue. 34  He ­looked up to heav­en and with a
deep sigh said to him, “Eph­pha­tha!” (which
means “Be ­opened!”). 35  At this, the ­man’s ears
were ­opened, his ­tongue was loos­ened and he
be­gan to ­speak plain­ly.
36  Jesus com­m and­e d them not to tell any­
one. But the more he did so, the more they kept
talk­i ng ­about it. 37  Peo­ple were over­w helmed
with amaze­ment. “He has done ev­ery­t hing
well,” they said. “He even ­makes the deaf hear
and the mute speak.”
Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand
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Dur­i ng ­t hose days an­oth­er ­large ­c rowd
gath­ered. ­Since they had noth­i ng to eat,
Jesus ­called his dis­ci­ples to him and said, 2  “I
have com­pas­sion for ­t hese peo­ple; they have
al­ready been with me ­t hree days and have
noth­i ng to eat. 3  If I send them home hun­g ry,
they will col­lapse on the way, be­cause some of
them have come a long dis­tance.”
4  His dis­c i­ples an­s wered, “But ­w here in this
re­mote ­place can any­one get ­enough ­bread to
feed them?”
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5  “How
many ­loaves do you have?” ­Jesus
asked.
“Sev­en,” they re­plied.
6  He told the ­c rowd to sit down on the
g round. When he had tak­en the sev­en ­loaves
and giv­en ­t hanks, he ­broke them and gave
them to his dis­ci­ples to dis­t rib­ute to the peo­
ple, and they did so. 7  They had a few ­small fish
as well; he gave ­t hanks for them also and told
the dis­c i­ples to dis­t rib­ute them. 8  The peo­ple
ate and were sat­is­f ied. Af­ter­ward the dis­ci­ples
picked up sev­en bas­ket­f uls of bro­ken piec­es
that were left over. 9  About four thou­sand were
pres­ent. After he had sent them away, 10  he got
into the boat with his dis­ci­ples and went to the
re­g ion of Dal­ma­nu­t ha.
11  The Phar­i ­s ees came and be­g an to ques­
tion ­Jesus. To test him, they ­a sked him for a
sign from heav­en. 12  He ­sighed deep­ly and said,
“Why does this gen­er­a­t ion ask for a sign? Tru­ly
I tell you, no sign will be giv­en to it.” 13  Then he
left them, got back into the boat and ­crossed to
the oth­er side.
The Yeast of the Pharisees and Herod
14  The dis­c i­p les had for­g ot­t en to ­b ring
­ read, ex­cept for one loaf they had with them
b
in the boat. 15  “Be care­f ul,” ­Jesus ­warned them.
“Watch out for the ­yeast of the Phar­i­sees and
that of Her­od.”
16  They dis­c ussed this with one an­oth­er and
said, “It is be­cause we have no bread.”
17  Aware of ­t heir dis­c us­s ion, ­Jesus ­a sked
them: “Why are you talk­i ng ­about hav­i ng no
bread? Do you ­still not see or un­der­stand? Are
your ­hearts hard­ened? 18  Do you have eyes but
fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And ­don’t
you re­mem­ber? 19  When I ­broke the five ­loaves
for the five thou­sand, how many bas­ket­f uls of
piec­es did you pick up?”
“Twelve,” they re­plied.
20  “And when I ­broke the sev­en ­loaves for the
four thou­sand, how many bas­ket­f uls of piec­es
did you pick up?”
They an­swered, “Sev­en.”
21  He said to them, “Do you ­still not un­der­
stand?”
Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida
22  They came to Beth­sa­i d
­ a, and some peo­ple
­ rought a ­blind man and ­begged ­Jesus to ­touch
b
him. 23  He took the ­blind man by the hand and
led him out­side the vil­lage. When he had spit
on the ­man’s eyes and put his ­hands on him,
Jesus a ­ sked, “Do you see any­t hing?”
Many early manuscripts Tyre and Sidon    b  31  That is, the Ten Cities