Day 3 – Month 5 – 24th
Tuesday August 19th, 2025
The Gospel According to Marqus 7 (KJV-YS)
Introduction:
The seventh chapter of the Besorah of Marqus is still in the areas surrounding Galilee, in the lands of the lost sheep of the house of Yashar’el and begins with Yahusha being attacked by the Pharisees and certain of the scribes for His talmidiym not washing their hands hands before eating and therefore defiling themselves according to the traditions of their elders. They then ask Him why His talmidiym don’t walk according to the traditions of the elders and Yahusha tells them they are fulfilling the prophesies of Yesha’yahu by honouring Him their lips but their heart is far from Him and how they worship in vain, teaching the doctrines of men and laying aside the commandments of Elohiym. Yahusha then calls all the people to Him and tells them to listen to what He says and understand that it is not what goes into a person that defiles them but that what comes out of a person’s heart, their fruit, that defiles them and then He lists the things that come out of person that defiles them. The rest of chapter seven details the healing of a woman’s daughter who was from the other nations and the healing of a man that was both deaf and mute.
Marqus 7: 24–30 – Yahusha Cast Out a Devil
Insights: A woman from another nation, a Canaanite woman according to Mattithyahu, has faith and determination enough for Yahusha to heal her daughter of demonic possession in the land of the lost tribes of the nation of Yashar’el.
“24. And from thence He arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but He could not be hid. 25. For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean ruach (spirit), heard of Him, and came and fell at His feet: 26. The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought Him that He would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. 27. But Yahusha said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. 28. And she answered and said unto Him, Yes, Adonai: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs. 29. And He said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. 30. And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.”
Cross References Verse 24-30:
v.24 – Yechezq’el (Ezekiel) 28:2 –“Son of A’dam, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith Adonai Yahuah; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am an El, I sit in the seat of Elohiym, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not Elohiym, though thou set thine heart as the heart of Elohiym:”
Mattithyahu (Matthew) 11:21 – “Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago rin sackcloth and ashes.”
Yesha’yahu (Isaiah) 55:6-7 –“Seek ye Yahuah while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto Yahuah, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our Elohiym, for He will abundantly pardon.”
v.25 – Bere’shiyth (Genesis) 9:25 –“And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.”
Devariym (Deuteronomy) 18:14-15 – “For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, Yahuah Elohayka hath not suffered thee so to do. Yahuah Elohayka will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;”
Mattithyahu (Matthew) 15:22 – “And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto Him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Adonai, Thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.”
v.26 – Galatiym (Galatians) 3:28 –“There is neither Yahudiym nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Mashiach Yahusha.”
v.27 – Mattithyahu (Matthew) 7:6 – “Give not that which is set-apart unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.”
Eph’siym (Ephesians) 2:12 –“That at that time ye were without Mashiach, being aliens from the commonwealth of Yashar’el, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without Elohiym in the world:”
v.28 -Yesha’yahu (Isaiah) 45:22 – “Look unto Me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am Elohiym, and there is none else.”
Ma’asiym (Acts) 11:17-18 – “Forasmuch then as Elohiym gave them the like gift as He did unto us, who believed on Adonai Yahusha Ha’Mashiach; what was I, that I could withstand Elohiym? When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified Elohiym, saying, Then hath Elohiym also to the other nations granted repentance unto life.”
v.29 – Yesha’yahu (Isaiah) 66:2 – “For all those things hath Mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith Yahuah: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at My word.”
1st Yochanon (John) 3:8 – “He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of Elohiym was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.”
v.30 – Yahusha (Joshua) 21:45 – “There failed not ought of any good thing which Yahuah had spoken unto the house of Yashar’el; all came to pass.”
Mattithyahu (Matthew) 9:29 – “Then touched He their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.”
Reflection: Yahusha was trying to hideout again to try and get some R&R from the crowds in the land of the lost tribes but a Canaanite woman searched Him out and supplicated Yahusha to heal her daughter and was initially rejected in her plea. The woman doesn’t give up, maybe it was her motherly instincts, she actually knew the scriptures (Bere’shiyth 22:18 ; 2nd Shemue’el 7:12-16 ; Yesha’yahu 11:1-10) or a combination of both, and her persistent begging was enough to get Yahusha’s attention. Yahusha then says something that on the surface sounds a little cruel but it is to further test the woman’s faith and her knowledge of the scriptures, He tells her to let the children (of Yashar’el) first be filled: for it is not “kalos” (meet, good, honourable) to take the children’s (of Yashar’el) bread, and cast it unto the dogs. Yahusha is stating who He really came for here, the lost sheep of the house of Yashar’el, as it was written in scripture, and that He didn’t come for any other nation. The woman, through her humility and faith, shows her understanding of the scriptures again by accepting the role of a dog, but that of a servant dog who would be allowed to be under the master’s table through their strict obedience to the master’s commands and would therefore benefit from the crumbs that were dropped or giving to them by the family, in essence adopting them into the family through obedience.
**Gospel Cross References for Marqus 7 Verses 24-30: Matthew 15:21-28
Marqus 7: 31–37 – Yahusha Heals the Deaf
Insights: Still traveling around in the land of the lost tribes of Yashar’el, Yahusha arrives back in the area around the Sea of Galilee and they bring a man that was deaf with a speech impediment to be healed.
“31. And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, He came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. 32. And they bring unto Him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech Him to put His hand upon him. 33. And He took him aside from the multitude, and put His fingers into his ears, and He spit, and touched his tongue; 34. And looking up to heaven, He sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. 35. And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. 36. And He charged them that they should tell no man: but the more He charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; 37. And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: He maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.”
Cross References Verses 31-37:
v31. – Yesha’yahu (Isaiah) 9:1-2 – “Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zevulun and the land of Naphtaliy, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.”
v32. – Yesha’yahu (Isaiah) 32:3-4 – “And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken. The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.”
v33. – 2nd Melekiym (Kings) 4:33-34 – “He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto Yahuah. And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.”
Yochanon (John) 9:6-7 – “When He had thus spoken, He spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay and said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.”
v34. – Ivriym (Hebrews) 4:15 – “ For we have not an High Priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.”
v35. – Yesha’yahu (Isaiah) 35:5 – “Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.”
v36. – Yesha’yahu (Isaiah) 42:2 – “He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.”
Marqus (Mark) 3:12 – “And He straitly charged them that they should not make Him known.”
v37. – Bere’shiyth (Genesis) 1:31 – “ And Elohiym saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.”
Marqus (Mark) 4:41 – “And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him? ”
Chazon (Revelations) 11:10 – “And Elohiym shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.”
Reflection: Continuing His journeys in and around the northern area of Yashar’el, they bring a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment and they beg Mashiach to put His hands on him and heal him. Yahusha takes the man aside, put His fingers in the man’s ears, He spit and touched the man’s tongue, sighed, looked to heaven and said “Ephphatha” which is to say be opened and the man was healed. The man’s friends spoke for him and through their faith, he was healed. The people who witnessed the miracle couldn’t believe it and He charged them to not to publish it but the more He told them not to, the more they published it.
**Gospel Cross References for Marqus 7 Verses 31-37: Matthew 15:29-31
Summary of The Gospel of Marqus Chapter 7
The seventh chapter of Marqus focuses on the contrast between outward religious traditions and inner righteousness, highlighting Yahusha’s teachings on what truly defiles a person. The chapter begins with Yahusha challenging the Pharisees and scribes for prioritizing their traditions over Elohiym’s commandments, particularly regarding handwashing. Mashiach then explains that true defilement comes from within, from the evil thoughts and actions originating in the heart, rather than from external factors like keeping traditions or improper hand washing. The chapter also includes the story of the Syrophoenician woman, demonstrating Yahusha’s compassion and extending His ministry to the nations (Gentiles), and the healing of a deaf and mute man.
**Gospel Cross References for Marqus 7 Verses 1-23: Matthew 15:1-20
Reflection Questions for Each Section of Marqus Chapter 7
Marqus 7: 1–23 – The Traditions of Men Verses the Commandments of Yahuah
1. Verses 1-13: The Traditions of the Elders
Reflection:
The Pharisees and scribes accuse Yahusha and His talmidiym of not keeping the traditions of the elders.
Self-Study Questions:
- Is it more important to you to keep the traditions you grew up with or to guard the commandments of Yahuah?
- What are some of the traditions you have quit because they go against the commandments of Yahuah?
- Have you ever endured ridicule for not keeping the traditions of men and guarding the commandments of Yahuah?
2. Verses 14-23: The Heart Defiles a Man
Reflection:
Yahusha explains what truly defiles a person.
Self-Study Questions:
- What can we learn from this revelation about the heart?
- How can we ensure we are guarding the commandments of Yahuah and not forsaking them for the traditions of people?
- How can we ensure our heart is aligned with Father Yahuah?
3. Verses 24–30 – Yahusha Cast Out a Devil
Reflection:
A woman who is not a member of Yashar’el begs Mashiach to cast the devil out of her daughter.
Self-Study Questions:
- What does this woman’s faith and persistence say to you?
- What does Yahusha’s statement to her speak of what His true mission was?
- How does her response encourage you to come boldly before Yahuah’s throne?
4. Verses 31–37 – Yahusha Heals the Deaf
Reflection:
Yahusha heals the man who is deaf and cannot speak clearly.
Self-Study Questions:
- What can we learn from the man’s friends who bring him to get healed?
- What is the significance of Yahusha healing the deaf and mute?
- Why do you think Yahusha always wanted the people He healed to not publicize it?