Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth. And she begged Him (Jesus) to cast the demon out of her daughter. Mark 7:26 Lord as I am reading this scripture the thought is going through my mind …..who of us has not begged You for something. Who of us has not realized that […]
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But immediately a woman, whose little daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit, heard of Him (Jesus) and came and fell down at His feet. Mark 7:25 Lord, I am sure there were many people that were hoping and praying that You would pass their way. I can only imagine how desperate this woman was. […]
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And from there He (Jesus) arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And He entered a house, and would not have anyone know it; yet He could not be hid. Mark 7:24 Lord it was very hard for You to ever be alone. You tried to be and wanted to be […]
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And He (Jesus) said, “What comes out of a man is what defiles a man. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, fornication, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within and they defile a man.” Mark 7:20 -23 Lord, […]
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And He (Jesus) said to them, (His disciples) “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside cannot defile him, since it enters, not his heart but his stomach, and so passes on?.” (Thus He declared all foods clean.) Mark 7:18, 19 Lord how wonderfully You […]
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And when He (Jesus) had entered the house, and left the people, His disciples asked Him about the parable. Mark 7:17 Lord Your disciples knew You so well and yet they still had questions. You were there to give Your answer and You are with us today to give us our answers too. Thank You […]
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And He (Jesus) called the people to Him again, and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand: there is nothing outside of man which by going into him can defile him; but the things which come out of a man are what defiles him.” Mark 7:14 – 16 Lord You were telling […]
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And He (Jesus) said to them, (Pharisees) “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God, in order to keep your tradition! For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die;’ but you say, ‘If a man tell his father […]
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And the Pharisees and the scribes asked Him, (Jesus) “Why do Your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with hands defiled?” And He said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites as it is written, “This people honors Me with the their lips, but their heart is […]
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Now when the Pharisees gathered together to Him, (Jesus) with some of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem, they saw that some of His disciples ate with hands defiled, that is, unwashed. (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they wash their hands, observing the tradition of the elders; and […]
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