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Gospel <\/u><\/strong> <\/u>                   Mark 7.24\u201337<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark<\/em><\/p>\n

From there he set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not escape notice, but a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him, and she came and bowed down at his feet. Now the woman was a Gentile, of Syrophoenician origin. She begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. He said to her, \u2018Let the children be fed first, for it is not fair to take the children\u2019s food and throw it to the dogs.\u2019 But she answered him, \u2018Sir, even the dogs under the table eat the children\u2019s crumbs.\u2019 Then he said to her, \u2018For saying that, you may go\u2014the demon has left your daughter.\u2019 So she went home, found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.<\/p>\n

Then he returned from the region of Tyre, and went by way of Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. They brought to him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they begged him to lay his hand on him. He took him aside in private, away from the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue. Then looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, \u2018Ephphatha\u2019, that is, \u2018Be opened.\u2019 And immediately his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. Then Jesusordered them to tell no one; but the more he ordered them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. They were astounded beyond measure, saying, \u2018He has done everything well; he even makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.\u2019<\/p>\n

This is the Gospel of the Lord<\/p>\n

All <\/em><\/strong> Praise to you, O Christ.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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