15:21 After going out from there, Jesus went to the region of Tyre 2 and Sidon. 3 15:22 A 4 Canaanite woman from that area came 5 and cried out, 6 “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is horribly demon-possessed!” 15:23 But he did not answer her a word. Then 7 his disciples came and begged him, 8 “Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us.” 15:24 So 9 he answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” 15:25 But she came and bowed down 10 before him and said, 11 “Lord, help me!” 15:26 “It is not right 12 to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs,” 13 he said. 14 15:27 “Yes, Lord,” she replied, 15 “but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.” 15:28 Then 16 Jesus answered her, “Woman, 17 your faith is great! Let what you want be done for you.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.
15:29 When he left there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up a mountain, where he sat down. 15:30 Then 18 large crowds came to him bringing with them the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others. They 19 laid them at his feet, and he healed them. 15:31 As a result, the crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing, and they praised the God of Israel.
15:32 Then Jesus called the 20 disciples and said, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days and they have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry since they may faint on the way.” 15:33 The disciples said to him, “Where can we get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy so great a crowd?” 15:34 Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” They replied, “Seven – and a few small fish.” 15:35 After instructing the crowd to sit down on the ground, 15:36 he took the seven loaves and the fish, and after giving thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples, who then gave them to the crowds. 21 15:37 They 22 all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full. 15:38 Not counting children and women, 23 there were four thousand men who ate. 24 15:39 After sending away the crowd, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan. 25