21 "For from within , out of the heart of men , proceed the evil thoughts , fornications , thefts , murders , adulteries , 22 d deeds of coveting and wickedness , as well as deceit , sensuality , envy e , slander , pride and foolishness . 23 "All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man ."
24 Jesus got up and went away from there to the region of Tyre . And when He had entered a house , He wanted no one to know of it; yet He could not escape notice . 25 But after hearing of Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately came and fell at His feet . 26 Now the woman was a Gentile , of the Syrophoenician race . And she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter . 27 And He was saying to her, "Let the children be satisfied first , for it is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs ." 28 But she answered and said to Him, "Yes , Lord , but even the dogs under the table feed on the children's crumbs ." 29 And He said to her, "Because of this answer go ; the demon has gone out of your daughter ." 30 And going back to her home , she found the child lying on the bed , the demon having left .
31 Again He went out from the region of Tyre , and came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee , within e the region of Decapolis . 32 They brought to Him one who was deaf and spoke with difficulty , and they implored Him to lay His hand on him. 33 Jesus took him aside from the crowd , by himself , and put His fingers into his ears , and after spitting , He touched his tongue with the saliva; 34 and looking up to heaven with a deep sigh , He said to him, "Ephphatha !" that is, "Be opened !" 35 And his ears were opened , and the impediment of his tongue was removed , and he began speaking plainly . 36 And He gave them orders not to tell anyone ; but the more He ordered them, the more widely they continued to proclaim it. 37 They were utterly astonished , saying , "He has done all things well ; He makes even the deaf to hear and the mute to speak ."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Mark 7:21-41
Commentary on Mark 7:14-23
(Read Mark 7:14-23)
Our wicked thoughts and affections, words and actions, defile us, and these only. As a corrupt fountain sends forth corrupt streams, so does a corrupt heart send forth corrupt reasonings, corrupt appetites and passions, and all the wicked words and actions that come from them. A spiritual understanding of the law of God, and a sense of the evil of sin, will cause a man to seek for the grace of the Holy Spirit, to keep down the evil thoughts and affections that work within.
Commentary on Mark 7:24-30
(Read Mark 7:24-30)
Christ never put any from him that fell at his feet, which a poor trembling soul may do. As she was a good woman, so a good mother. This sent her to Christ. His saying, Let the children first be filled, shows that there was mercy for the Gentiles, and not far off. She spoke, not as making light of the mercy, but magnifying the abundance of miraculous cures among the Jews, in comparison with which a single cure was but as a crumb. Thus, while proud Pharisees are left by the blessed Saviour, he manifests his compassion to poor humbled sinners, who look to him for children's bread. He still goes about to seek and save the lost.
Commentary on Mark 7:31-37
(Read Mark 7:31-37)
Here is a cure of one that was deaf and dumb. Those who brought this poor man to Christ, besought him to observe the case, and put forth his power. Our Lord used more outward actions in the doing of this cure than usual. These were only signs of Christ's power to cure the man, to encourage his faith, and theirs that brought him. Though we find great variety in the cases and manner of relief of those who applied to Christ, yet all obtained the relief they sought. Thus it still is in the great concerns of our souls.