Kingdom Blessings for the 'Wrong Kinds of People'

Mark 7:24-37

1. What do you make of v. 24 and Jesus' feeling the need to get away from the Jewish people in Galilee? Why do you think he did that?
   
2. Look at the description of the woman in vv. 25–26. What kind of person might be like her in our own society?
   
3. On first glance, Jesus' response to the woman in vv. 26–28 seems to be an insult. What's going on here?
   
4. Jesus' answer to her in 29 is an idiom for "What an answer!" Why was Jesus so pleased—so astonished—by her answer?
   
5. Read Isaiah 35:4–6 as a foundation for the second story in vv. 31–37. What insight does the Isaiah text provide for understanding this story?
   
6. Jesus' miracle in vv. 24–30 happened without any physical demonstrations. What do think the point is of all Jesus did in vv. 33–34?
   
7. What do you hope to apply to your life from this passage?
   

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