Mark 7:14–37

^14kWhen He had called all the multitude to Himself, He said to them, “Hear Me, everyone, and ^lunderstand: ¹⁵There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are the things that ^mdefile a man. ¹⁶ⁿIf ⁶anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”

^17oWhen He had entered a house away from the crowd, His disciples asked Him concerning the parable. ¹⁸So He said to them, ^p “Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him, ¹⁹because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated, ⁷thus purifying all foods?” ²⁰And He said, ^q“What comes out of a man, that defiles a man. ^21rFor from within, out of the heart of men, ^sproceed evil thoughts, ^tadulteries, ^ufornications, murders, ²²thefts, ^vcovetousness, wickedness, ^wdeceit, ^xlewdness, an evil eye, ^yblasphemy, ^zpride, foolishness. ²³All these evil things come from within and defile a man.”

Syro-Phoenician’s Daughter is Healed

Matt. 15:21–28

^24aFrom there He arose and went to the region of Tyre ⁸and Sidon. And He entered a house and wanted no one to know it, but He could not be ^bhidden. ²⁵For a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit heard about Him, and she came and ^cfell at His feet. ²⁶The woman was a ⁹Greek, a ¹Syro-Phoenician by birth, and she kept ²asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter. ²⁷But Jesus said to her, “Let the children be filled first, for it is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.”

²⁸And she answered and said to Him, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs under the table eat from the children’s crumbs.”

²⁹Then He said to her, “For this saying go your way; the demon has gone out of your daughter.”

³⁰And when she had come to her house, she found the demon gone out, and her daughter lying on the bed.

Deaf and Mute Man is Healed

^31dAgain, departing from the region of Tyre and Sidon, He came through the midst of the region of Decapolis to the Sea of Galilee. ³²Then ^ethey brought to Him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they begged Him to put His hand on him. ³³And He took him aside from the multitude, and put His fingers in his ears, and ^fHe spat and touched his tongue. ³⁴Then, ^glooking up to heaven, ^hHe sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.”

³⁵ⁱImmediately his ears were opened, and the ³impediment of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly. ³⁶Then ^jHe commanded them that they should tell no one; but the more He commanded them, the more widely they proclaimed it. ³⁷And they were ^kastonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He ^lmakes both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”