Mark 7:24-30

Mark 7:24-30Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)A Gentile Mother’s Faith²⁴ He got up and departed from there to the region of Tyre and Sidon.^[a] He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it, but He could not escape notice. ²⁵ Instead, immediately after hearing about Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit came and fell at His feet. ²⁶ Now the woman was Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth, and she kept asking Him to drive the demonout of her daughter. ²⁷ He said to her, “Allow the children to be satisfied first, because it isn’t right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
²⁸ But she replied to Him, “Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
²⁹ Then He told her, “Because of this reply, you may go. The demon has gone out of your daughter.” ³⁰ When she went back to her home, she found her child lying on the bed, and the demon was gone.
 Question:1.       Why do you think Jesus was entering a home wanting to be unseen?
A.      He might have wanted to be alone, time to Himself, prayer, ????
2.       What does it mean to be Greek?
A.      Being Greek means she is a Gentile, just like us.
3.       What does it mean to feed the children first before the dogs?
A.      It means that Jesus came for the Jews first, then the Gentile.
4.       Why does Jesus come first for the Jews?
A.      They are his chosen people.  He came first for the Jewish people.
5.       Why does Jesus heal the mother’s daughter?
A.      Because of her faith and understanding that Jesus is here for the Jews first and she will take any blessing she can get.
6.       What’s the purpose of this passage
A.      The purpose of this passage is that God came for everyone.  He will always accept us, redeem us regardless of our race.  He chooses everyone, but was sent for the Jewish people first.  

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