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Time after Pentecost · Proper 18 · Year B

Mark 7:(24-30) 31-37

The Healing of the Deaf Man (Ephphatha)

September 5, 2027

Christ and the Canaanite Woman, Annibale Carracci
Christ and the Canaanite Woman, Annibale Carracci, c. 1594–1595Pinacoteca Stuard, Parma
The woman kneels at the edge of the canvas while the disciples gesture her away, and Christ is turned towards her rather than them.Even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs: the reading is an argument she wins.Annibale CarracciThe most gifted of the Carracci, who painted the Farnese ceiling and pulled Italian painting back from mannerism towards nature.Pinacoteca Stuard, ParmaA small municipal collection in Parma, built on a nineteenth-century private gallery.Pinacoteca Stuard, Parma
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelMk. 7:(24-30) 31-37Mk 7:(24-30) 31-37
EpistleJas. 2:1-10, 14-18Jas 2:1-10, 14-18
Old TestamentIsa. 35:4-7aIs 35:4-7a
PsalterPs. 146Ps 146

Overview & Insights

"He has done all things well; he even makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak." (Mark 7:37)

In the Decapolis a deaf man with a speech impediment is brought to Jesus, who takes him aside, touches his ears and tongue, and says Ephphatha, be opened. The man's hearing and speech are restored, and the astonished crowd cannot keep from proclaiming what Jesus has done.

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Commentary

Working Preacher: Commentary on Mark 7:24-37Working Preacher: Commentary on Mk 7:24-37 Working Preacher

Lutheran lectionary commentary on the healing in the Decapolis for Year B.

Enduring Word: Mark 7Enduring Word: Mk 7 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.

Precept Austin: Mark 7 CommentaryPrecept Austin: Mk 7 Commentary Precept Austin

Study page gathering many conservative commentators on Mark 7.

BibleHub: Commentaries on Mark 7:31BibleHub: Commentaries on Mk 7:31 BibleHub

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BibleProject: Gospel of Mark OverviewBibleProject: Gospel of Mk Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of the whole Gospel of Mark's design and message.

BibleHub: Mark 7 InterlinearBibleHub: Mk 7 Interlinear BibleHub

Greek-English interlinear for word-level study of Mark 7.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Mark 7Catena: Mk 7 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on Mark 7.

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Study Hub

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