23 All these evil 23. These vile things are they that are truly said things come from to come out of the man, that is, out of his soul, bewithin, and defile traying themselves by actions, and leaving a stain and 24 And from blemish upon it.

the man.

thence he arose, and

went into the bor

ders of Tyre and

8 to the utmost parts of Palestine, which border

Sidon, and entered upon Tyre and Sidon

into an house, and would have no man know it but he could not be hid.

25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:

26 The woman was ha Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

ed: for it is not meet

not of the Jewish profession, but by religion an heathen, born near the sea shore called Phenicia and Canaan: see note [ƒ] on Matt. xv.

27 But Jesus said I am first to exercise my office, to distribute my unto her, 'Let the miracles of mercy, among the Jews, which have always children first be fill- had a nearer relation to God than any other nation, to take the children's and all other nations looked on by them as vile and bread, and to cast it profane, not to be conversed with; they are first to be unto the dogs. taken care for, and when they have their fill, then the 28 And she an- fulness of God's mercy may overflow to the Gentiles. swered and said un- k to him, Yes, Lord: Though it be so, Sir, yet that which may be had yet the dogs under by another poor creature without prejudice to the the table eat of the Jews is all that I beg of thee, and such proportions are allowed even to dogs when the children have the 29 And he said un- full meal.

k

children's crumbs.

to her, For this say

ing go thy way; the 29. And he said, The faith expressed by this andevil is gone out of swer of thine is such, Matt. xv. 28, and so much thy daughter. beyond ordinary, that it shall not go unrewarded, and 30 And when she therefore go thy way—

was come to her

house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.

31 And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst

11 extraction, T YÉVEL

of the coasts of Decapolis.

32 And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and 12 had an [e] impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. 33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and

and

1 bless him, and so cure him.

he spit, m touched his tongue with a little spittle on his touched his finger, and nothing else.

tongue;

34 And looking up to heaven, he 13 sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, " Be opened.

"All impediments be removed, thy hearing and

35 And straight- speaking come to thee.

way his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.

3 And if I send them away fasting to their own houses,

"they will faint by

a either they will faint for want of refreshment, or the way: for divers else to get victuals they will be scattered and disof them came from persed from one another: see note [m] on Matt. ix.

far.

4 And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?

5 And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.

6 And he commanded the people to sit down on the 1 ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people.

b

7 And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and 'commanded to set them also before them.

8 So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets.

9 And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.

10 ¶ And straight

manutha.

b distributed them, gave every one of the multitude a portion.

cappointed them to give every one a piece of fish.

way he entered into d the coasts of Magdala, Matt. xv. 39, or Magadon, a ship with his dis- (as St. Jerome and St. Augustine there read it,) a ciples, and came into village near which lies another called Dalmanutha; 2d the parts of Dalso that either of them might fitly denominate the II And the Phari- whole. sees came forth, and e requiring him to shew them some miracle from began to question heaven, by which they might know him to be a prowith him, seeking phet; but this they did, not out of sincerity of heart, of him a sign from heaven, tempting to believe in him upon any such miracle, (of which they had store already,) but only to ensnare him.

him.

3

1 lie down, ἀναπεσεῖν. reads, ὅρια Μαδεγαδά.

2 Or, the borders of Magedon; for the old Gr. and Lat. MS. 3 dispute with him, demanding, συζητεῖν αὐτῷ ζητοῦντες.

12 And he sighed 12. Hereupon saith Christ in a great sadness, This deeply in his spirit, is an infidel perverse sort of people, miracles would and saith, Why doth this generation seek be but cast away upon these, and therefore they shall after a sign? verily I not be afforded them upon asking, only that great say unto you, There miracle of my rising from death, typified by that shall no sign be given which befell Jonas, Matt. xvi. 4, that shall be afforded unto this generation. them.

13 And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other

side.

14 ¶ Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf.

15 And he charged them, saying, "Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of ' Herod.

16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, "It is

'See note [a] on Matt. xvi.

This he saith to reproach us for our negligence

because we have no in providing and bringing victuals with us.

bread.

17 And when Je

sus knew it, he saith unto them, "Why

h Why should you think that my speech should reason ye, because relate to your having no bread? as if I were not able ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, to supply that want: will you never understand nor neither understand? consider what is done before you? will you always be have ye your heart thus senseless, thus unimprovable, that nothing can. yet hardened? enter into you, making no use of eyes or ears or after all this? memory,

18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?

19 When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.

20 And when the seven among four thousand, how many 'baskets full of frag

4 groaned, ἀναστενάξας.

iSee note [b] on Matt. xvi.

s See, take heed of, Ορᾶτε, βλέπετε.

do ye discourse that

ye have no bread ? do ye not yet understand nor consider ? Τί διαλογίζεσθε, ὅτι ἄρτους οὐκ

ments took ye up? And they said, Seven.

21 And he said unto them, 7k How

is it that ye do not understand?

22

And he com

eth to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.

23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit 8 on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.

24 And he' [a]look

How stupidly inconsiderate are you!

ed up, and said, 101 I 1I see men, but cannot distinguish them from trees,

see men as trees, but that they walk.

walking.

25 After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and m made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.

26 And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.

27 And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of "Cæsarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?

28 And they answered, John the Baptist but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.

29 And he saith

unto them, But

m

wrought the cure perfectly upon him: and he—

n See note [c] on Matt. xvi.

7 How do ye not consider? Пs où σvvlere ;

8 into, eis. 9 recovered sight.

10 I see

men, for, as trees, I see them walking; or, I behold men, for I see as it were trees walking: so the King's MS. and many printed copies, Βλέπω τοὺς ἀνθρώπους, ὅτι ὡς δένδρα ὁρῶ, πέρυσι.