5 [7:24]And he rose up, and departed thence to the regions of Tyre. And entering into a house he wished no one to know it; and he could not be hid. [7:25]But immediately, a woman whose little daughter had an impure spirit, hearing of him, came and fell down at his feet; [7:26]and she was a Greek, a Syrophenician by race; and she asked him to cast the demon out of her daughter. [7:27]And he said to her, Suffer the children first to be filled; it is not right to take the children's bread, and cast it to the little dogs. [7:28]And she answered and said to him, Yes, Lord; for even the little dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. [7:29]And he said to her, For this speech, go; the demon has gone out of your daughter. [7:30]And departing to her house, she found the little child laid on the bed, and the demon gone out. 6 [7:31]And again going out of the bounds of Tyre, he came through Sidon, to the lake of Galilee, in the midst of the bounds of Decapolis. [7:32]And they brought him a dumb man that stammered, and besought him to put his hand on him. [7:33]And taking him from the multitude by himself, he put his fingers in his ears, and spit, and touched his tongue, [7:34]and looking up to heaven he groaned, and said to him, Ephphatha, which is, Be opened. [7:35]And immediately his ears were opened, and the cord of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke correctly. [7:36]And he charged them to tell no one; but as much as he charged them, so much the more they proclaimed [his works]. [7:37]And they were astonished above measure, and said, He has done all things well; he makes both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak. CHAPTER VIII. CHRIST FEEDING THE FOUR THOUSAND, REFUSING TO GIVE A SIGN FROM HEAVEN, WARNING HIS DISCIPLES AGAINST THE PHARISEES, CURING A BLIND MAN, CALLING FORTH PETER'S CONFESSION, AND PREDICTING HIS OWN DEATH. 1 [8:1]IN those days, again a very great multitude being [around him], and not having any thing to eat, calling his disciples, he said to them, [8:2]I have compassion on the multitude, because already they have continued with me three days, and have nothing to eat; [8:3]and if I send them fasting to their homes, they will faint by the way, for some of them are from afar. [8:4]And his disciples answered him, Whence will one be able to satisfy these with bread here in a wilderness? [8:5]And he asked them, How many loaves have you? And they said, Seven. [8:6]And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground; and taking the seven loaves, and giving thanks, he broke and gave them to his disciples to set before them, and they set them before the people. [8:7]And they had a few small fishes; and having blessed them, he commanded to present them also. [8:8]And they eat and were filled; and they took up of the fragments that remained over, seven store-baskets; [8:9]and they were about four thousand. And he dismissed them.