18-20. (a) Wanem nao affectim wei wea Jesus iusim paoa wea hem garem? (b) Hao nao iu ting long wei wea Jesus healim wanfala man wea earpas?

¹⁸ Jesus, man wea fulap witim paoa, barava difren from olketa wea iusim paoa long wei wea nating tingim need and hao nara pipol safa. Jesus kea for pipol. Taem hem lukim pipol safa, diswan barava muvim hem so hem helpem olketa. (Matthew 14:14) Hem tingim feeling and need bilong olketa, and loving kea bilong hem affectim wei wea hem iusim paoa wea hem garem. Wanfala example wea fit for muvim iumi stap long Mark 7:31-37.

¹⁹ Long datfala taem, planti pipol faendem wea nao Jesus and tekem kam planti wea sik, and hem healim evriwan. (Matthew 15:29, 30) Bat Jesus chusim wanfala man wea hem helpem long spesol wei. Datfala man hem earpas and hem no savve toktok gud. Maet Jesus luksavve wei wea disfala man hem fraet and feel shame. From hem tingim hem, Jesus tekem datfala man awe from datfala crowd and tufala go long wanfala kwaet ples. Then Jesus iusim samfala saen for talem long hem wanem hem bae duim. Hem “putim finger bilong hem insaed tufala ear bilong hem. Hem spit, and then tasim tongue bilong hem.”c (Mark 7:33) Then, Jesus luk go ap long heven and talem wanfala prea. Olketa akson hia mekem klia long datfala man hao samting wea hem redy for duim hem from paoa bilong God. Gogo, Jesus sei: “Iu open nao.” (Mark 7:34) Long datfala taem, man hia savve herehere and hem savve toktok gud.