17. "Don't you see? Everything that enters the mouth goes into the stomach. Then it goes out of the body.
18. But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart. Those are the things that make you 'unclean.'
19. Evil thoughts come out of the heart. So do murder, adultery, and other sexual sins. And so do stealing, false witness, and telling lies about others.
20. Those are the things that make you 'unclean.' But eating without washing your hands does not make you 'unclean.' "
21. Jesus left Galilee and went to the area of Tyre and Sidon.
22. A woman from Canaan lived near Tyre and Sidon. She came to him and cried out, "Lord! Son of David! Have mercy on me! A demon controls my daughter. She is suffering terribly."
23. Jesus did not say a word. So his disciples came to him. They begged him, "Send her away. She keeps crying out after us."
24. Jesus answered, "I was sent only to the people of Israel. They are like lost sheep."
25. Then the woman fell to her knees in front of him. "Lord! Help me!" she said.
26. He replied, "It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to their dogs."
27. "Yes, Lord," she said. "But even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their owners' table."
28. Then Jesus answered, "Woman, you have great faith! You will be given what you are asking for." And her daughter was healed at that very moment.
29. Jesus left there. He walked along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up on a mountainside and sat down.
30. Large crowds came to him. They brought blind people and those who could not walk. They also brought disabled people, those who could not speak, and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them.
31. The people were amazed. Those who could not speak were speaking. The disabled were made well. Those not able to walk were walking. Those who were blind could see. So the people praised the God of Israel.
32. Then Jesus called for his disciples to come to him. He said, "I feel deep concern for these people. They have already been with me three days. They don't have anything to eat. I don't want to send them away hungry. If I do, they will become too weak on their way home."
33. His disciples answered him. "There is nothing here," they said. "Where could we get enough bread to feed this large crowd?"
34. "How many loaves do you have?" Jesus asked. "Seven," they replied, "and a few small fish."
35. Jesus told the crowd to sit down on the ground.