Matthew 15:21-39

The Faith of a Canaanite Woman

21 ¹And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.

22 And behold, ²a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, ³"Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon."

23 But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, ⁴"Send her away, for she is crying out after us."

24 He answered, ⁵"I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

25 But she came and ⁶knelt before him, saying, "Lord, help me."

26 And he answered, "It is not right to take the children's bread and ⁷throw it to the dogs."

27 She said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat ⁸the crumbs that fall from their masters' table."

28 Then Jesus answered her, "O woman, ⁹great is your faith! ¹⁰Be it done for you as you desire." ¹¹And her daughter was ¹²healed instantly.^[a]

Jesus Heals Many

29 ¹³Jesus went on from there and walked ¹⁴beside the Sea of Galilee. And he ¹⁵went up on the mountain and sat down there.

30 And great crowds came to him, bringing with them ¹⁶the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them,

31 ¹⁷so that the crowd wondered, when they saw the mute speaking, ¹⁸the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And ¹⁹they glorified ²⁰the God of Israel.

Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand

32 ²¹Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, ²²"I have compassion on the crowd because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. And I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way."

33 And the disciples said to him, "Where are we to get enough bread in such a desolate place to feed so great a crowd?"

34 And Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, ²³"Seven, and a few small fish."

35 And directing the crowd to sit down on the ground,

36 he took the seven loaves and the fish, and ²⁴having given thanks he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

37 And ²⁵they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces left over.

38 Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.

39 And after sending away the crowds, he got into the boat and went to the region of ²⁶Magadan.

Cross References

• 1. For ver. 21-28, see Mark 7:24-30
• 2. Genesis 10:15, 19; Judges 1:30-33
• 3. See Matthew 9:27
• 4. [Matthew 14:15]
• 5. Romans 15:8; See Matthew 10:5, 6
• 6. See Matthew 8:2
• 7. Matthew 7:6
• 8. [Luke 16:21]
• 9. See Matthew 9:2
• 10. [Matthew 8:13]
• 11. Matthew 9:22; Matthew 17:18; [John 4:52, 53]
• 12. [Matthew 8:13]
• 13. For ver. 29-31, [Mark 7:31-37]
• 14. Matthew 4:18; John 6:1
• 15. Matthew 5:1
• 16. See Matthew 11:5
• 17. See Matthew 9:33
• 18. Matthew 18:8; Mark 9:43
• 19. Matthew 9:8
• 20. Isaiah 29:23; Luke 1:68; Acts 13:17
• 21. For ver. 32-39, see Mark 8:1-10; [Matthew 14:14-21]
• 22. [Matthew 9:36]
• 23. Matthew 16:10
• 24. Matthew 26:27; Mark 14:23; Luke 22:17, 19; John 6:11, 23; Acts 27:35; Romans 14:6; 1 Corinthians 10:30; 1 Corinthians 11:24; 1 Corinthians 14:16; 1 Timothy 4:3, 4
• 25. [2 Kings 4:42-44]
• 26. [Mark 8:10]

Footnotes

• [a]. Greek from that hour