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   <div class="book bkISA">
      <div class="chapter ch2" data-usfm="ISA.2">
         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Mountain of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">In the last days</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.2.2"><span class="content">the mountain of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s temple will be established</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.2.2"><span class="content">as the highest of the mountains;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.2.2"><span class="content">it will be exalted above the hills,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.2.2"><span class="content">and all nations will stream to it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Many peoples will come and say,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.2.3"><span class="content">&#8220;Come, let us go up to the mountain of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.2.3"><span class="content">to the temple of the God of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.2.3"><span class="content">He will teach us his ways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.2.3"><span class="content">so that we may walk in his paths.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.2.3"><span class="content">The law will go out from Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.2.3"><span class="content">the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> from Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He will judge between the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.2.4"><span class="content">and will settle disputes for many peoples.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.2.4"><span class="content">They will beat their swords into plowshares</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.2.4"><span class="content">and their spears into pruning hooks.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.2.4"><span class="content">Nation will not take up sword against nation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.2.4"><span class="content">nor will they train for war anymore.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Come, descendants of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.2.5"><span class="content">let us walk in the light of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, have abandoned your people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.2.6"><span class="content">the descendants of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.2.6"><span class="content">They are full of superstitions from the East;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.2.6"><span class="content">they practice divination like the Philistines</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.2.6"><span class="content">and embrace pagan customs.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Their land is full of silver and gold;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.2.7"><span class="content">there is no end to their treasures.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.2.7"><span class="content">Their land is full of horses;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.2.7"><span class="content">there is no end to their chariots.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Their land is full of idols;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.2.8"><span class="content">they bow down to the work of their hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.2.8"><span class="content">to what their fingers have made.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So people will be brought low</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.2.9"><span class="content">and everyone humbled&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.2.9"><span class="content">do not forgive them.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">not raise them up</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Go into the rocks, hide in the ground</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.2.10"><span class="content">from the fearful presence of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.2.10"><span class="content">and the splendor of his majesty!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The eyes of the arrogant will be humbled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.2.11"><span class="content">and human pride brought low;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.2.11"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> alone will be exalted in that day.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty has a day in store</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.2.12"><span class="content">for all the proud and lofty,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.2.12"><span class="content">for all that is exalted</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.2.12"><span class="content">(and they will be humbled),</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">for all the cedars of Lebanon, tall and lofty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.2.13"><span class="content">and all the oaks of Bashan,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">for all the towering mountains</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.2.14"><span class="content">and all the high hills,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">for every lofty tower</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.2.15"><span class="content">and every fortified wall,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">for every trading ship</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:16 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">every ship of Tarshish</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.2.16"><span class="content">and every stately vessel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The arrogance of man will be brought low</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.2.17"><span class="content">and human pride humbled;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.2.17"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> alone will be exalted in that day,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">and the idols will totally disappear.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.2.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">People will flee to caves in the rocks</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.2.19"><span class="content">and to holes in the ground</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.2.19"><span class="content">from the fearful presence of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.2.19"><span class="content">and the splendor of his majesty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.2.19"><span class="content">when he rises to shake the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">In that day people will throw away</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.2.20"><span class="content">to the moles and bats</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.2.20"><span class="content">their idols of silver and idols of gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.2.20"><span class="content">which they made to worship.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.2.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They will flee to caverns in the rocks</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.2.21"><span class="content">and to the overhanging crags</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.2.21"><span class="content">from the fearful presence of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.2.21"><span class="content">and the splendor of his majesty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.2.21"><span class="content">when he rises to shake the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.2.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Stop trusting in mere humans,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.2.22"><span class="content">who have but a breath in their nostrils.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.2.22"><span class="content">Why hold them in esteem?</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkMRK">
      <div class="chapter ch7" data-usfm="MRK.7">
         <div class="label">7</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">That Which Defiles</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MRK.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">(The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MRK.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When they come from the marketplace they do not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:4 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">pitchers, kettles and dining couches</span></span></span><span class="content">)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MRK.7.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, &#8220;Why don&#8217;t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with defiled hands?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.7.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MRK.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written:</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MRK.7.6"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;These people honor me with their lips,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MRK.7.6"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">but their hearts are far from me.</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MRK.7.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MRK.7.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">They worship me in vain;</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MRK.7.7"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">their teachings are merely human rules.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">7:7 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">  
          <span class="ref" data-usfm="ISA.29.13">Isaiah 29:13</span>
          </span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MRK.7.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.7.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.7.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">And he continued, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:9 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">set up</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">your own traditions!</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MRK.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For Moses said, &#8216;Honor your father and mother,&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:10 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" data-usfm="EXO.20.12">Exodus 20:12</span>; <span class="ref" data-usfm="DEU.5.16">Deut. 5:16</span></span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and, &#8216;Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:10 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" data-usfm="EXO.21.17">Exodus 21:17</span>; <span class="ref" data-usfm="LEV.20.9">Lev. 20:9</span></span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God)&#8212;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.7.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MRK.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Listen to me, everyone, and understand this.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.7.16"><span class="label">[16]</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:16 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts include here the words of 4:23.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.7.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MRK.7.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MRK.7.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Are you so dull?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he asked. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.7.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For it doesn&#8217;t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.7.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.7.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He went on: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What comes out of a person is what defiles them.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MRK.7.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For it is from within, out of a person&#8217;s heart, that evil thoughts come&#8212;sexual immorality, theft, murder,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MRK.7.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MRK.7.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">All these evils come from inside and defile a person.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Honors a Syrophoenician Woman&#8217;s Faith</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MRK.7.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.7.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:24 </span><span class="ft">Many early manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Tyre and Sidon</span></span></span><span class="content"> He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence secret. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.7.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an impure spirit came and fell at his feet. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MRK.7.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MRK.7.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MRK.7.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;First let the children eat all they want,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he told her, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;for it is not right to take the children&#8217;s bread and toss it to the dogs.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MRK.7.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MRK.7.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;Lord,&#8221; she replied, &#8220;even the dogs under the table eat the children&#8217;s crumbs.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MRK.7.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.7.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Then he told her, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;For such a reply, you may go; the demon has left your daughter.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.7.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MRK.7.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">She went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Heals a Deaf and Mute Man</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MRK.7.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MRK.7.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:31 </span><span class="ft">That is, the Ten Cities</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MRK.7.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged Jesus to place his hand on him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MRK.7.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MRK.7.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man&#8217;s ears. Then he spit and touched the man&#8217;s tongue. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MRK.7.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him, </span><span class="tl"><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Ephphatha!&#8221;</span></span></span><span class="content"> (which means </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Be opened!&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">). </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MRK.7.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">At this, the man&#8217;s ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MRK.7.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MRK.7.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MRK.7.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">People were overwhelmed with amazement. &#8220;He has done everything well,&#8221; they said. &#8220;He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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