[:en]”These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men” (vs. 8-9)
“What goes into a man’s mouth does not make him “unclean”, but what comes out of this mouth, that is what makes him “unclean” (v. 11)
“For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. These are what make a man “unclean”; but eating with unwashed hands does not make him “unclean” (vs. 19-20)
Jesus was impressed with the Great Faith of the Canaanite Woman. He granted her request and healed her daughter who was suffering terribly from demon-possession. (vs. 21-28)
Jesus healed those who brought the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others. He had compassion for these people because they had already been with Him for 3 days and had nothing to eat. So he fed them with 7 loaves and the fish and they were satisfied. The number of those who ate was 4000 besides women and children with 7 basketfuls of broken pieces lefover.[:]