Mark lesson 17
Read Mark 7:24-37 – https://www.bible.com/bible/59/mrk.7.esv


Mark 7:24-30
Jesus had traveled to a predominantly Gentile area. Before this, almost all of His work had been done with Jews. He had healed Jews; His apostles were Jews; and He preached to Jews. Jesus wanted to have some time alone with the apostles, so He withdrew to a Gentile region north of Galilee. He had hoped to stay there undetected, but a Syrian woman found out He was there and came requesting that He heal her demon-­‐possessed daughter. At first, Jesus refused. He said that it was not good to take bread from the children and feed it to the dogs. What he meant was that according to God's plan it wasn't time yet to heal and teach the Gentiles; the Jews (the children) were the ones God intended to be the recipients of the bread (healings and blessings in general) first. God planned that later on, through the Jewish people, the gospel would be introduced to the Gentiles. This woman showed great faith, humility and quickness because she responded: “Yes, but even the dogs under the table get to eat the crumbs.” She implied that just a mere crumb of Jesus' miraculous power would be sufficient to heal her daughter. She also recognized that this did not signal the beginning of a major Gentile "campaign." As a result, Jesus healed her daughter. The conversation had made it clear that she would not misinterpret the healing as a sign that the time for the Gentiles had come.


1. Of what race or nationality was the woman who came to Jesus? (a) Jewish, (b) Hindu, (c) Greek/Gentile, (d) Roman. Answer: _____
2. What problem did she want Jesus to solve? Answer: She wanted Him to cure her daughter who had a _____
3. What did Jesus tell her, and how did she respond? Answer: He said that the children's bread should not be thrown to _____. She said that even the dogs get to eat the _____ that fall from (or are under) the _____.


Mark 7:31-­‐37.
Please read this paragraph in your Bible before continuing. You undoubtedly noticed that Jesus used an unusual procedure to heal this deaf man. After taking him away from the crowd, Jesus put His fingers into the man's ears, and touched the man's tongue with His own saliva. Apparently, Jesus was using "sign language" to communicate with him, and to let him know who was about to heal him. Had Jesus not done this, the man would have suddenly begun to hear, but would not have understood why. The multitude's affirmation was absolutely correct: "He has done all things well!"


4. Where did Jesus put His fingers? Answer: He put them into the deaf man's _____.
5. What effect did the miracle have on the crowds? Answer: They were amazed and said that Jesus did everything _____.