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Mark 7:32 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. "
Mark 7:32
Verse in Context
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30 And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.
31 And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
32 And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;
34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
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Mark 7:1
"Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem."
Mark 7:2
"And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault."
Mark 7:3
"For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders."
Mark 7:4
"And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables."
Mark 7:5
"Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?"
Mark 7:6
"He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me."
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