A Remnant Prepared

4 For seven women will take hold of ^(A)one man on that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; ^(B)take away our disgrace!”

² On that day the ^(C)Branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the ^(D)fruit of the earth will be the pride and the beauty of the ^(E)survivors of Israel. ³ And it will come about that the one who is ^(F)left in Zion and remains behind in Jerusalem will be called ^(G)holy—everyone who is ^(H)recorded for life in Jerusalem. ⁴ When the Lord has washed away the filth of the ^(I)daughters of Zion and ^[a]purged the ^(J)bloodshed of Jerusalem from her midst, by the ^(K)spirit of judgment and the ^(L)spirit of ^[b]burning, ⁵ then the Lord will create over the entire area of Mount Zion and over her assemblies ^(M)a cloud by day, and smoke, and the brightness of a flaming fire by night; for over all the ^(N)glory will be a canopy. ⁶ And there will be a ^(O)shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and refuge and ^[c]protection from the storm and the rain.

A Psalm of Complaint and of Praise.

For the music director. A Psalm of David.

The Faith of a Canaanite Woman

^21 (A)Jesus went away from there, and withdrew into the region of ^(B)Tyre and ^(C)Sidon. ²² And a Canaanite woman from that region came out and began to cry out, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, ^(D)Son of David; my daughter is severely ^(E)demon-possessed.” ²³ But He did not answer her with even a word. And His disciples came up and urged Him, saying, “Send her away, because she keeps shouting ^[a]at us!” ²⁴ But He answered and said, “I was sent only to ^(F)the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” ²⁵ But she came and ^(G)began ^[b]to bow down before Him, saying, “Lord, help me!” ²⁶ Yet He answered and said, “It is not ^[c]good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” ²⁷ And she said, “Yes, Lord; but please help, for even the dogs feed on the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.” ²⁸ Then Jesus said to her, “O woman, ^(H)your faith is great; it shall be done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed ^[d]at once.

Healing Crowds

^29 (I)Departing from there, Jesus went along ^(J)the Sea of Galilee, and after going up on the mountain, He was sitting there. ³⁰ And ^[e]large crowds came to Him bringing with them those who were limping, had impaired limbs, were blind, or were unable to speak, and many others, and they laid them down at His feet; and ^(K)He healed them. ³¹ So the crowd was astonished as they saw those who were unable to speak talking, those with impaired limbs ^[f]restored, those who were limping walking around, and those who were blind seeing; and they ^(L)glorified the God of Israel.

Four Thousand Men Fed

^32 (M)Now Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “^(N)I feel compassion for the ^[g]people, because they ^[h]have remained with Me now for three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way.” ³³ The disciples *said to Him, “Where would we get so many loaves in this desolate place to satisfy such a large crowd?” ³⁴ And Jesus *said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven, and a few small fish.” ³⁵ And He directed the ^[i]people to ^[j]sit down on the ground; ³⁶ and He took the seven loaves and the fish; and after ^(O)giving thanks, He broke them and started giving them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. ³⁷ And they all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, seven large ^(P)baskets full. ³⁸ And those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.

³⁹ And sending away the crowds, Jesus got into ^(Q)the boat and came to the region of ^(R)Magadan.