Q&A: Mark 7:32-34 and Jesus spitting/making mud — Mike lacks a definitive interpretation but shares a missionary anecdote about a tribe that attributed magical powers to shamans' spit, making Jesus' spitting highly significant for them.

Mike acknowledges he cannot give a definitive spiritual interpretation without careful study. He references (without full confidence) the healing of the blind man where Jesus makes mud and places it in the man's eyes (John 9). He shares a story — unverified — about missionaries bringing the gospel to a tribe who believed their shaman's spit had magical powers; when they read this passage, the tribe paid profound attention to Jesus. Mike frames this as an example of God using even false beliefs to draw people to truth.