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Mark 7
³¹ Again He went out from the region of Tyre, and came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, within the region of Decapolis.
³² They *brought to Him one who was deaf and spoke with difficulty, and they *implored Him to lay His hand on him.
³³ Jesus took him aside from the crowd, by himself, and put His fingers into his ears, and after spitting, He touched his tongue with the saliva;
³⁴ and looking up to heaven with a deep sigh, He *said to him, "Ephphatha!" that is, "Be opened!"
³⁵ And his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was removed, and he began speaking plainly.
³⁶ And He gave them orders not to tell anyone; but the more He ordered them, the more widely they continued to proclaim it.
³⁷ They were utterly astonished, saying, "He has done all things well; He makes even the deaf to hear and the mute to speak."
Mark 8
¹ In those days, when there was again a large crowd and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples and *said to them,
² "I feel compassion for the people because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat.
³ If I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come from a great distance."
⁴ And His disciples answered Him, "Where will anyone be able to find enough bread here in this desolate place to satisfy these people?"