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31  Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. 32  And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him. 33  And taking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting touched his tongue. 34  And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.” 35  And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. 36  And Jesus charged them to tell no one. But the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. 37  And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.” Jesus remains in Gentile territory as He heads back southward.  This would have been an odd route, apparently avoiding Galilee.  He arrives in the region of Decapolis, the...

7 His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression;  under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.  8 He sits in ambush in the villages;  in hiding places he murders the innocent.  His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;  9 he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket;  he lurks that he may seize the poor;  he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.  10 The helpless are crushed, sink down,  and fall by his might.  11 He says in his heart, “God has forgotten,  he has hidden his face, he will never see it.” Last time, we looked at the mind of the wicked (vv. 2–6).  Because he serves himself, denies God, and creates his own reality, he will walk and talk in wickedness.  His corruption spreads from the abundance of his sinful heart (Mt 12:34), meaning that all unregenerate sinners are capable of such iniquity.  Those so given over to prayer trouble the righteous,...

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