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But she came and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, help me."
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He answered, "It is not fair to take the children's food and throw it to the dogs."
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She said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table."
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Then Jesus answered her, "Woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish." And her daughter was healed instantly.
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After Jesus had left that place, he passed along the Sea of Galilee, and he went up the mountain, where he sat down.
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Great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the maimed, the blind, the mute, and many others. They put them at his feet, and he cured them,
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so that the crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the maimed whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel.
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Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, "I have compassion for the crowd, because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way."
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The disciples said to him, "Where are we to get enough bread in the desert to feed so great a crowd?"
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Jesus asked them, "How many loaves have you?" They said, "Seven, and a few small fish."
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Then ordering the crowd to sit down on the ground,