Matthew 15:21
19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
- KJV
- Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
- WEB
- Jesus went out from there and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
- ASV
- And Jesus went out thence, and withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon.
- DARBY
- And Jesus, going forth from thence, went away into the parts of Tyre and Sidon;
- BLB
- And having gone out from there, Jesus withdrew to the parts of Tyre and Sidon.
- ÅB
- Og Jesus gikk bort derfra og trakk seg tilbake til området ved Tyrus og Sidon.
- OTB
- Jesus forlot det stedet og dro til området rundt Tyrus og Sidon.
- B1930
- Og Jesus gikk bort derfra, og trakk sig tilbake til landet ved Tyrus og Sidon.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 7:24–30
And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid.
Read in contextMatthew 11:21–23
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Read in contextJoshua 13:6
All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.
Read in contextJudges 1:31
Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:
Read in contextJoshua 19:28–29
And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon;
Read in contextJoshua 11:8
And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth-maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.
Read in contextMatthew 10:5–6
These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
Read in contextGenesis 49:13
Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
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