Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech: Mark | Page 9

she begged Him to expel the demon from her daughter. 007:027 "Let the children first eat all they want," He said; "it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." 007:028 "True, Sir," she replied, "and yet the dogs under the table eat the children's scraps." 007:029 "For those words of yours, go home," He replied; "the demon has gone out of your daughter." 007:030 So she went home, and found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone. 007:031 Returning from the neighbourhood of Tyre, He came by way of Sidon to the Lake of Galilee, passing through the district of the Ten Towns. 007:032 Here they brought to Him a deaf man that stammered, on whom they begged Him to lay His hands. 007:033 So Jesus taking him aside, apart from the crowd, put His fingers into his ears, and spat, and moistened his tongue; 007:034 and looking up to Heaven He sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha!" (that is, "Open!") 007:035 And the man's ears were opened, and his tongue became untied, and he began to speak perfectly. 007:036 Then Jesus charged them to tell no one; but the more He charged them, all the more did they spread the news far and wide. 007:037 The amazement was extreme. "He succeeds in everything he attempts," they exclaimed; "he even makes deaf men hear and dumb men speak!" 008:001 About that time there was again an immense crowd, and they found themselves with nothing to eat. So He called His disciples to Him. 008:002 "My heart yearns over the people," He said; "for this is now the third day they have remained with me, and they have nothing to eat. 008:003 If I were to send them home hungry, they would faint on the way, some of them having come a great distance." 008:004 "Where can we possibly get bread here in this remote place to satisfy such a crowd?" answered His disciples. 008:005 "How many loaves have you?" He asked. "Seven," they said. 008:006 So He passed the word to the people to sit down on the ground. Then taking the seven loaves He blessed them, and broke them into portions and proceeded to give them to His disciples for them to distribute, and they distributed them to the people. 008:007 They had also a few small fish. He blessed them, and He told His disciples to distribute these also. 008:008 So the people ate an abundant meal; and what remained over they picked up and carried away--seven hampers of broken pieces. 008:009 The number fed were about 4,000. Then He sent them away, 008:010 and at once going on board with His disciples He came into the district of Dalmanutha. 008:011 The Pharisees followed Him and began to dispute with Him, asking Him for a sign in the sky, to make trial of Him. 008:012 Heaving a deep and troubled sigh, He said, "Why do the men of to-day ask for a sign? In solemn truth I tell you that no sign will be given to the men of to-day." 008:013 So He left them, went on board again, and came away to the other side. 008:014 Now they had forgotten to take bread, nor had they more than a single loaf with them in the boat; 008:015 and when He admonished them, "See to it, be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod," 008:016 they explained His words to one another by saying, "We have no bread!" 008:017 He perceived what they were saying, and He said to them, "What is this discussion of yours about having no bread? Do you not yet see and understand? Are your minds so dull of comprehension? 008:018 You have eyes! can you not see? You have ears! can you not hear? and have you no memory? 008:019 When I broke up the five loaves for the 5,000 men, how many baskets did you carry away full of broken portions?" "Twelve," they said. 008:020 "And when the seven for the 4,000, how many hampers full of portions did you take away?" "Seven," they answered. 008:021 "Do you not yet understand?" He said. 008:022 And they came to Bethsaida. And a blind man was brought to Jesus and they entreated Him to touch him. 008:023 So He took the blind man by the arm and brought him out of the village, and spitting into his eyes He put His hands on him and asked him, "Can you see anything?" 008:024 He looked up and said, "I can see the people: I see them like trees--only walking." 008:025 Then for the second time He put His hands on the man's eyes, and the man, looking steadily,