After He went into the house, His disciples asked Him about the
parable. Jesus replied, Are ye without understanding also? Do ye not
perceive that whatsoever thing from without enters into the man it
cannot defile him because it enters not into his heart, but into the
belly and goes out into the draught, purging all meats? But that which
comes out of the man is what defiles him. It is from inside, out of
the heart of men, that proceed: evil thoughts, adulteries,
fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit,
lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. All these
evil things come from within and defile the man.
From there He arose and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He
entered into a house and would have no man know it. But He could not
be hid for a certain woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit
had heard of Him. She found Him and came and fell at His feet. The
woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought Him to
cast forth the devil from her daughter.
But Jesus said to her, Let the children first be filled. It is not fit
to take the child's bread and cast it to the dogs. She answered, Yes,
Lord. Yet the dogs under the table eat the child's crumbs. Jesus then
said to her, For saying this, go thy way. The devil is gone from thy
daughter. When she returned home she found her daughter at rest upon
the bed and the devils cast out.
Upon leaving the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, He came to the sea of
Galilee through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. Here they
brought a man that was deaf and had a speech impediment. They besought
Him to put His hand upon him. Jesus took the man apart from the
multitude and put His fingers into the man's ears. Looking up to
heaven, He sighed and said, Ephphatha, Be opened.
Immediately the man's ears were opened. His tongue was loosed and he
spoke plain. Then Jesus charged those present to tell no man. However,
the more He charged them, the more they published it saying, He has
done all things well. He makes the deaf to hear, and the dumb to
speak.
8 Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, I have compassion
on the multitude because they have been with me three days and they
have nothing to eat. If I send them away to their own houses fasting,
they will faint by the way. Many of them came from afar. His disciples
answered Him, How can these men be supplied with bread here in the
wilderness? Jesus asked them, How many loaves have ye? They answered,
Seven.
Then Jesus told the people to sit down on the ground. He took the
seven loaves and gave thanks. He broke the loaves and gave them to His
disciples. Then His disciples set them before the people. They also
had a few small fish which Jesus blessed and told the disciples to set
them also before the people. So they did eat and were filled. After
this the disciples took up the broken fragments and filled seven
baskets. The number of those who had eaten was about four thousand.
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