Mark 7:29-30

²⁹Et ait illi: " Propter hunc sermonem vade; exiit daemonium de filia tua.

³⁰Et cum abisset domum suam, invenit puellam iacentem supra lectum et daemonium exisse.

Mark 7 pivots from Jesus’ Galilean ministry into a deeper confrontation with the religious establishment and a surprising expansion of his mission. The chapter opens with Pharisees and scribes challenging Jesus over ceremonial handwashing, which he turns into a devastating critiq