Mark 4:1-9
Jesus Teaches on Sowing Seed in 4 Types of Soil
Mark 4:10-20
Jesus Explained The Parable of The Sower
Mark 4:21-29
Jesus Teaches in Parables
Mark 4:30-41
The Parable of The Mustard Seed
Mark 5:1-10
The Demon Possessed Man at Gerasa
Mark 5:11-20
Two Thousand Hogs Drown
Mark 5:21-34
Hemorrhaging Woman Healed
Mark 5:35-43
Jesus Heals Jairus Daughter
Mark 6:1-6
Jesus Returns to His Home Town of Nazareth
Mark 6:7-13
Jesus Sends His Disciples as Missionaries
Mark 6:14-29
Mark Tells About The Death of John The Baptist
Mark 6:30-44
Feeding of The 5000
Mark 6:45-52
Storm on The Sea of Galilee
Mark 6:53-56
Crowd Wanting to be Healed
Mark 7:1-13
Conflict With The Religious Leaders Over Laws
Mark 7:14-23
Jesus Attacks a System of Rules And Regulations
Mark 7:24-30
Jesus Casts a Demon Out of a Gentile Daughter
Mark 7:31-37
Jesus Heals a Deaf Man With a Speech Impediment
Mark 8:1-9
Jesus Feeds 4000 With 7 Baskets Leftover
Mark 8:10-21
The Pharisees Ask Jesus For a Sign From Heaven
Mark 8:22-30
Jesus Heals a Blind Man Gradually
Mark 8:31-38
Jesus Warns His Disciples That He is Going to Die
Mark 9:1-8
Jesus Takes 3 of His Disciples To a High Mountain
Mark 9:9-13
Three Disciples Question About The Transfiguration
Mark 9:14-29
The Disciples Are Helpless And Ineffective
Mark 9:30-37
Disciples Arguing About Who is The Greatest
Mark 9:38-50
Jesus Says Greatness Comes From Serving Others
Mark 10:1-12
Is it Lawful For a Man to Divorce His Wife?
Mark 10:13-22
Possessions Don’t Help You Obtain Eternal Life
Mark 10:23-31
Hard For The Rich to Enter The Kingdom of God
Jesus Casts a Demon Out of a Gentile Daughter
Mark 7:24–30
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Jesus leaves Capernaum and travels north forty or fifty miles to the borders of Tyre and Sidon which is modern Lebanon (v. 24). Although these cities were a part of Syria they were all independent with their own kings, their own money system, and their own gods. This is Gentile country. It is here that we see a woman coming to Jesus to ask help for her daughter (v. 25). She asked Jesus to cast a demon out of her daughter (v. 26). Her language was Greek but she was a Canaanite (Mt. 15:22). His answer was that it was not right to take the children’s bread and give it to dogs (v. 27). The term “dog” was what the Jews called the Gentiles. They refused to have contact with what they called the unclean Gentile dogs. It is hard to know for sure why He used this term, but perhaps it was to show his disciples that their attitude toward the Gentiles was wrong. It seems that they were not pleased to have her bothering them (Mt. 15:23). Her reply was, “I know the children (Jews) are fed first but can’t I (a Gentile) even get the scraps the children throw away” (v. 28)?
Jesus is in Gentile territory. Is it any accident that this incident comes here? The previous incident shows Jesus wiping out the distinction between clean and unclean foods. Can it be that here, in symbol, we have him wiping out the difference between clean and unclean people? With this woman we find a combination of humility and faith, which the Lord liked, and showing genuine concern He said, “Your request is granted” (v. 29). When the woman arrived back home, she found her child lying on the bed and the demon was gone (v. 30). This woman represents those in the Gentile world that took advantage of the Bread of Heaven which the Jews threw away.
Application
I need to keep in mind that Jesus had walked over 100 miles and all that is recorded is this one miracle for an outcast. How is He still doing things like this today? I need to show concern for missionaries who have gone to unpopular parts of the world that I can pray for or send support. Also, I need to think of some unpopular person that perhaps I could witness to this week.
Mark 7:24-30 (English Standard Version)
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