The Gospel of Mark for Readers | Page 8

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and defile the man.
From there He arose and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He
entered into a house and would have no man know it. But He could not
be hid for a certain woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit
had heard of Him. She found Him and came and fell at His feet. The
woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought Him
to cast forth the devil from her daughter.
But Jesus said to her, Let the children first be filled. It is not fit to take
the child's bread and cast it to the dogs. She answered, Yes, Lord. Yet
the dogs under the table eat the child's crumbs. Jesus then said to her,
For saying this, go thy way. The devil is gone from thy daughter. When
she returned home she found her daughter at rest upon the bed and the
devils cast out.
Upon leaving the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, He came to the sea of
Galilee through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. Here they brought
a man that was deaf and had a speech impediment. They besought Him
to put His hand upon him. Jesus took the man apart from the multitude
and put His fingers into the man's ears. Looking up to heaven, He
sighed and said, Ephphatha, Be opened.
Immediately the man's ears were opened. His tongue was loosed and he

spoke plain. Then Jesus charged those present to tell no man. However,
the more He charged them, the more they published it saying, He has
done all things well. He makes the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
8 Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, I have compassion on the
multitude because they have been with me three days and they have
nothing to eat. If I send them away to their own houses fasting, they
will faint by the way. Many of them came from afar. His disciples
answered Him, How can these men be supplied with bread here in the
wilderness? Jesus asked them, How many loaves have ye? They
answered, Seven.
Then Jesus told the people to sit down on the ground. He took the
seven loaves and gave thanks. He broke the loaves and gave them to
His disciples. Then His disciples set them before the people. They also
had a few small fish which Jesus blessed and told the disciples to set
them also before the people. So they did eat and were filled. After this
the disciples took up the broken fragments and filled seven baskets.
The number of those who had eaten was about four thousand.
After Jesus sent the multitude on their way, He immediately got into a
boat with His disciples and came into Dalmanutha. Here the Pharisees
came forth and began to question Him, seeking of Him a sign from
heaven, and testing Him. To this Jesus sighed deeply in His spirit and
said, Why does this generation seek after a sign? Verily I say to you,
There shall be no sign given to this generation. Then He left them and
departed again by boat to the other side.
Now the disciples had forgotten to bring any bread. They had no more
than one loaf in the boat with them. Jesus uttered, Take heed. Beware
of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod. The disciples
reasoned among themselves and said, It is because we have no bread.
When Jesus realized their misunderstanding, He said to them, Why
reason ye because ye have no bread? Perceive ye not or understand?
Have ye still hardened hearts? Having eyes, see ye not? And having
ears, hear ye not? And do ye not remember when I broke the five
loaves among five thousand and how many baskets full of fragments ye
took up? And do ye not remember the seven loaves among four
thousand and how many baskets full of fragments ye took up? After
they recalled the numbers and told Him, Jesus said, Then how can it be
that ye do not understand?

At Bethsaida some people brought a blind man to Jesus, and besought
Him to touch the man. He took the blind man by the hand and led him
out of the town. When He had spit on the man's eyes and put His hands
upon him, Jesus asked the man if he saw anything. The man looked up
and said, I see men as trees, walking. After that Jesus put His hands
again upon his eyes then made him look up. Now he was restored and
saw every man clearly. Jesus sent him away to his house saying,
Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.
Jesus and