Matthew 15:10-28
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- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Greek Interlinear Bible, ScrTR, ScrTR t, Strong, Parsing, CGTS, CGES id, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition & sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- The Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto.
- At Mahlon H. Smith's (Rutgers University)
Into His Own: Perspective on the
World of Jesus:
- Beggar At A Banquet (Babylonian Talmud, Berakoth 31b)
- Comparative texts about Spirit Possession and Exorcism, and comparative primary texts about Purity and Social Relations, from Philo, Josephus, Lucian, Pseudepigrapha, Babylonian Talmud, Midrash, Philostratus.
- Comparative texts about Pharisees & Sadducees from Josephus, Tosefta, Mishnah & Babylonian Talmud.
- "Of David's Lineage," "What Goes In," The Jesus Database, an online annotated inventory of the traditions concerning the life and teachings of Jesus. Dr. Gregory C. Jenks, FaithFutures Foundation.
- Chapter XI, The Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians, Ignatius of Antioch (c. 110). (Longer Version - 4th cent interpolation)
- XX.35-38, 41, 45-46, 49-55, 57; Tatian's Diatessaron (c. 150-160).
- Chapter VI, On Prayer, Tertullian (c. 199)
- I.3, II.1, II.6, Paedagogus, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- II.11, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- Chapter III, Chapter VIII, Chapter XIV, The Prescription of Heretics, Tertullian (c. 200)
- IV.7, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 210)
- VII.XXXIII, VIII.XXIX, Against Celsus, Origen. (c.246)
- XI.12-17, Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, Origen. (c.247)
- On the Unity of the Church, Cyprian of Carthage (c. 250)
- Epistle XXXIX -- Epistle XLVIII -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 251)
- Epistle LXXII -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 256)
- Homilies on the Gospel of St. Matthew, St. Chrysostom (c.
380):
- Homily LII - Matthew 15:21, 22
- Chapter IX, Historia Calamitatusm: The Story of My Misfortunes, Pierre Abélard / Peter Abelard, c. 1140.
- From the Catena Aurea, Patristic Commentary by St Thomas Aquinas.
- "The Faith of the Syrophonecian Woman," Martin Luther, c. 1522.
- From the
Geneva Notes.
- "In that Christ sometimes shuts his ears, as it were, to the prayers of his saints, he does it for his glory, and our profit."
- From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
- "Nothing will last in the soul but the regenerating graces of the Holy Spirit; and nothing should be admitted into the church but what is from above."
- From
Wesley's Notes.
- "Thy faith - Thy reliance on the power and goodness of God."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "...nothing which enters from without can really defile us; and that only the evil that is in the heart, that is allowed to stir there, to rise up in thought and affection, and to flow forth in voluntary action, really defiles a man!"
- From
The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
- "We can see how greatness of faith is manifested: (1) She came to Christ under difficulties. (2) She persevered when her prayer seemed to be denied. (3) She still pleaded when obstacles were presented. (4) She waited at the feet of the Lord until he had mercy. Such faith always prevails."
- "The
Perserverance of Faith; Matthew 15:28," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1892.
- "...faith alone can keep a soul seeking after Christ under discouragement."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- Commentary,
Matthew 15:[10-20] 21-28, Mitzi J. Smith, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2017
- "When Jesus entered Tyre and Sidon, an indigenous Canaanite woman formed a one-woman welcoming committee."
- Pulpit Fiction, plus podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2017.
- "Holy Surprise: Great Faith and the Canaanite Woman," Janet H. Hunt, Dancing with the Word, 2017.
- The Center for Excellence in Preaching, resources from Calvin Theological Seminary: Comments & Observations, Textual Points, Illustration Ideas, 2017.
- "Surprise, Surprise," Glenn Monson, Law & Gospel Everywhere, 2017.
- Commentary,
Matthew 15:[10-20] 21-28, Carla Works, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2014.
- "She just wants a crumb, recognizing that even a crumb is powerful enough to defeat the demon that has possessed her daughter."
- "What the Canaanite Woman Teaches," David Lose, ...in the Meantime, 2014.
- "This week, before you write your sermon, ask someone who's not in church why they don't find it meaningful."
- "'Getting' Great Faith," Karoline Lewis, Dear Working Preacher, 2014.
- "I worry that the story of the Canaanite woman's faith will become one more simplistic sermon about the benefits of faith, or an appeal from the pulpit to have more faith."
- Pulpit Fiction, plus podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2014.
- "The Gospel Is Going to the Dogs," D. Mark Davis, Left Behind and Loving It, 2014.
- "This geographical marker may carry significance since this region is where the town of Zarephath is. There, Elijah boarded with a widow, whose vessels of meal and oil did not empty and whose son Elijah brought back to life. The food and healing of the Elijah story seem to be at play in this story."
- "Dog's Dinner," video, J.M. Coleman and Family, YouTube, 2014.
- "Of Dogs and Dirty Hands," Lia Scholl, Question the Text, 2014.
- "In a week with frightful news about Israel and the Palestinians, disturbing news of viruses in Africa, and aggression in the Ukraine, we ask the hard question again… 'In the ever evolving community of humanity, who are God's people?'"
- Preaching Matthew 15:(10-20) 21-18, Dawn M. Mayes, Lectionary Preacher, 2014.
- "This is the kind of text that can perplex the preacher, but when we approach it aright, we have the great joy of expanding minds to see a difficult passage in a new way, and expanding hearts to take in the good news of the great grace of God."
- "Leftovers for all!" Christopher Burkett, PreacherRhetorica, 2014.
- "Jesus ... actually lets the nuisance engage him."
- "A Mother's Cry," Janet H. Hunt, Dancing with the Word, 2014.
- "I know I am probably venturing into new territory when I compare this woman to God. What do you think? Does that comparison work? Why or why not?"
- "Modern Christian Legacy!" Thomas Beam, 2014.
- "Out of the Heart," Nancy Rockwell, The Bite in the Apple, 2014.
- "...love is not about the position in which you pray or your knowledge of ritual prayers, said Jesus, but the state of your heart when you are praying."
- "Well bred or the bread that makes well?" Andrew Prior, One Man's Web, 2014.
- "He is fully human because like us he has limitations. He has to learn. His horizons need to be expanded. He is truly human— sinless— because, unlike us, when he sees how he has been fenced in, he does not shore up his defences."
- The Moonshine Jesus Show Lectionarycast, Mark Sandlin and David Henson, 2014.
- "Gifts are for Sharing," Alan Brehm, The Waking Dreamer, 2014.
- "We receive God's mercy not to boast about it, or to show the world that we are God's special favorites. We receive God's mercy as a gift so that we will in turn share it with others—all others."
- The theme of crossing hostile boundaries found in the story of the foreign woman Jesus is similar to that in Babe, a delightful story in which a little pig crosses many boundaries to bring hostile animals together. Ed McNulty, Visual Parables.
- Evangelio Comentario del San Mateo 15:21-28 por Mercedes García Bachmann, Working Preacher, 2014.
- "Messiah," sermon discussion from Frederick Buechner, Frederick Buechner Blog.
- "As far as I know, there is only one good reason for believing that he was who he said he was. One of the crooks he was strung up with put it this way: 'If you are the Christ, save yourself and us' (Luke 23:39). Save us from whatever we need most to be saved from. Save us from each other. Save us from ourselves. Save us from death both beyond the grave and before. If he is, he can. If he isn't, he can't. It may be that the only way in the world to find out is to give him the chance, whatever that involves. It may be just as simple and just as complicated as that."
- Radical Gratitude, lectionary-based stewardship, Northwest United Methodist Foundation. (.pdf)
- "Teaching Jesus," Barbara Kay Lundblad, ON Scripture, 2011. Commentary and association with current news events, links and videos. \
- " Jesus was converted that day to a larger vision of the commonwealth of God."
- Commentary,
Matthew 15:[10-20] 21-28, James Boyce, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2011.
- "Like the story of the woman who as an outsider experiences God's mercy and so challenges a too-narrow tradition that would want to restrict God's mercies to a chosen few, so these sayings invite a reexamination of our hearts and call us to a new appraisal of the expansive reach of God's mercies."
- Healing of Canaanite Woman's Daughter, audio telling, story in episodes, graphic, audio and written commentaries. Go Tell Communications, Biblical Storytelling for the Global Village, 2011.
- "All Are Welcome," David Lose, Dear Working Preacher, 2011.
- "Yes, all are welcome. All. Everyone. All."
- "Faith Like a Dog's Breakfast," Peter Woods, I am Listening, 2011.
- "This is the tipping point where orthopraxis (correct action) overrules orthodoxy(correct doctrine). Chutzpah, temerity, guts, desperation; what it was we will never know, but this woman in the dust at Jesus’ feet winkles into a crack in his argument and unlocks the Master’s heart, with both fierce logic and evocative need. 'Dogs can live off scraps'"
- "Mean Jesus?" Mike Stavlund, The Hardest Question, 2011.
- "Who got up on the wrong side of the bed?"
- Lectionary Blogging, August 14, 2011, John Petty, Progressive Involvement, 2011.
- "This is yet another variation on a common theme of Jesus, namely: That ritual and religious actions are, or should be, trumped by compassion and mercy."
- Holy
Textures, Understanding the Bible in its own time and in ours, Matthew 15:(10-20), 21-28, David Ewart, 2011.
- "But this incident is a beautiful illustration of the teaching Jesus has just made. Outwardly, this woman has nothing about her that is "clean." But she has two things in her heart that make her right with God: her unwavering, nagging, persistent care for her daughter; and, her unwavering, nagging, persistent trust that Jesus can cure her daughter. And these two things cause Jesus to undergo a change of heart himself."
- "Hold Your Tongue," Fr. Rick Morley, a garden path, 2011.
- "The irony here is that the Pharisees who have dedicated their lives to the study and implementation of God’s Law are far worse examples of faith than this woman of another religion."
- "Canaanite Woman," Ruth Farrent, pilgrimwr.uniting church.org.au, 2011.
- "A very Australian version of the Gospel reading this week..."
- "From cursed to blessed!" Peter Lockhart, Reflections on Faith and Spirituality, 2011.
- "The good news is that Jesus reaches out and heals a girl, a girl who had not done anything in and of herself to pursue that healing. She receives the gift of a new chance and new life and is restored to her mother and her community."
- Comentario del Evangelio, San Mateo 21-28, Guillermo Hansen, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2011.
- Commentary, Matthew 15:[10-20] 21-28, Marilyn Salmon, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
- "First
Thoughts on Year A Gospel Passages in the Lectionary," Penteocost 10, William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
- "What extraordinary power the woman exercises - over Jesus! But then Jesus came to enable us to learn from others and discern God's call and not to assume we can never learn or that we know it all."
- Exegetical Notes by Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks Christian Resources.
- "She didn't move a mountain. She probably had never been to church in her life. She certainly had never read the Bible. What's so great about her faith?"
- "Igniting the Imagination of Jesus," Mary Hinkle, Pilgrim Preaching.
- "I have thought that fear makes it impossible to imagine things. 'Perfect fear casts out all imagination,' I have thought. But you were afraid - you must have been afraid of the demon and of your daughter's suffering. You could be afraid and see a new thing 'healing' at the same time. You saw it and you showed it to Jesus and the rest of us."
-
"Yelping Puppies, The Canaanite Woman," Gospel Analysis, Sermons from
Seattle,
Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington. Detailed background and exegesis.
- "It is the Jewish gospel of Matthew that underscores this woman was a Canaanite which meant that she was symbolic of abominable and detestable religious practices."
- Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
-
Dylan's Lectionary Blog,
Proper 15. Biblical Scholar
Sarah Dylan Breuer looks at readings for the coming Sunday in the lectionary
of the Episcopal Church.
- "She challenged him, and by answering, Jesus made her his equal in the eyes of the crowd. But then, after acknowledging that she is not an Israelite, Jesus engages her in more argument ..."
- Matthew in the Margins, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western Australia.
-
Sermon
Preparation Thoughts and Questions by Wesley White, 2005.
- "Even crumbs of goodness are available to go in the mouths of dogs. Will we not diligently be about the business of seeing goodness, food, go into the mouths of all as well as seeing evil, poverty, kept from the mouths of all?!"
-
"A Woman's
Faith," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed
textual notes.
- "Our passage for study has held an important place in the life of the Christian church. The Clementine homilies (late 2nd century) even went so far as to name the woman Justa and her daughter as Berenice."
- Wellspring of the Gospel, Ordinary 20A, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn Turner, Weekly Wellsprings.
-
"Prejudice and Faith,"
Larry Broding's
Word-Sunday.Com: A
Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel. Adult Study, Children's
Story, Family Activity, Support Materials.
- "Are you at ease in today's multi-cultural climate? Or, do you find your dealings with people of other cultures difficult? (Be honest!)"
-
"The Savior and the Dog: An Exercise in Hearing," Word & World,
1997.
- "Was it simply by chance that the Canaanite woman responded to Jesus' rejection by speaking of the 'dogs who eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table'? ... Or was she diving deep into the poetic rhythms and images of scripture?"
-
Reflection on
Matthew 15:21-21, Rev. Wanda Copeland. At
Environmental Reflections, Lectionary
Year A, Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota, Environmental Stewardship Commission.
- "It is not enough to just ask Jesus to come to us and help fix our brokenness. We are then called to walk as he did and share our healing with others as he did."
-
"The
Syrophoenician Woman in Mark 7:25-30/Matthew 15:21-28,"
James Still, at
The Secular Web.
- "We do know that first-century Jews (the 'children' in this passage) referred to the pagans as dogs because of their failure to observe ritual purity laws (Downing, 1992: 137)."
- "Scraps from the
Table," Kenneth W. Collins, at Ken Collins' Web Site.
- "We have a lot to learn from the Canaanite woman’s style of prayer."
- "Ritual Cleanliness," "Feeding the Dogs," wikipedia.
-
"Can We Free Ourselves for Transformation?" Elaine Wainwright.
- "In this paper, I seek to explore some of the diverse stories which we tell and how these together with the symbols and images they carry can either stifle our imagination or can evoke new possibilities for a future which will enable the full human/spiritual potential of each person who calls Australia home."
- "Meals, Food and
Tablefellowship." Jerome H. Neyrey, in The Social Sciences and New Testament
Interpretation, 159-82. R. L. Rohrbaugh, ed. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1996.
- "How can readers understand the particular ceremony of meals and table fellowship? Why are meals so important as symbols of broader social relationships? How can we peer below the surface and grasp the social dynamics encoded in meals and commensality, what anthropologists call "the language of meals"?"
- "Miracles,
In Other Words: Social Science Perspectives on Healings,"
Jerome H. Neyrey,
University of Notre Dame, 1995.
- "...we should attend to the institution in which the healing takes place, either kinship or politics. What roles does the family have in an illness? How are they socially and economically affected? What role do they play in the seeking of a cure? What costs do they pay or debts to they incur? What if the healing occurs in the political realm, even if this is a healing shrine such as the temple of Asclepius at Epidaurus? Healings, moreover, might have important political implications, for "prophets" arose, echoing themes of liberation and freedom. The political significance of the account of the healing by the Jewish Eleazar before the emperor Vespasian and his retinue should not be discounted (Josephus. Ant. 8.45-48)."
-
"Magic, Miracles, and The Gospel," L. Michael White. PBS From
Jesus to Christ.
- "Probably in some ways, and more than any other issue within the development of early Christianity and the gospels tradition, miracles present one of the problematic areas."
- "Clean/Unclean,
Pure/Polluted and Holy/Profane," Jerome H. Neyrey, in
The Social Sciences and
New Testament Interpretation, 80-104. R. L. Rohrbaugh, ed. Peabody, Mass.:
Hendrickson, 1996.
- "The specific use of the two anthropological models of (a) "clean" and "unclean" and (2) body symbolism can equip a reader to understand a wide but interconnected series of issues, such as dietary concerns (Acts 10-11), mission to "unclean" people (Mark 5; Acts 8), sexual morals (1 Thess 4:1-9), and hand washings (Mark 7). A reader knowing this material has a firm basis for sympathetically understanding the conflicts between Jesus and Pharisees which run through the gospel stories."
- "On the Dignity and
Vocation of Women," Pope John Paul II, September, 1988.
- "And finally, there is the Canaanite woman, whom Christ extols for her faith, her humility and for that greatness of spirit of which only a mother's heart is capable. 'O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire.'"
- Commentary,
Matthew 15:[10-20] 21-28, Mitzi J. Smith, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2017
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Burkill, T.A., "The Historical Development of the Story of the Syrophoenician Woman,"
Novum Testamentum, 1967.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Dahlen, Robert W., "The Savior and
the Dog: An Exercise in Hearing," Word & World, 1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Derrett, J., Duncan, "Law in the New Testament: The Syro-Phoenician Woman and the Centurion of
Capernaum," Novum Testamentum, 1973.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Dube, Musa W.,
"Consuming a Colonial Cultural Bomb: Translating Badimo into 'Demons'
in the Setswana Bible (Matthew 8.28-34; 15.22; 10.8)," Journal for
the Study of the New Testament, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Dube, Musa W., "Readings of Semoya: Batswana
Women's Interpretations of Matthew 15:21-28," Semeia, 1996.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Gingrich, Rhonda Pittman, "Gathering
Up the Crumbs," Brethren Life and Thought, 2005. (Sermon)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Guardiola-Sáenz, Leticia A.,
"Borderless Women and Borderless Texts: A Cultural Reading of Matthew
15:21-28," Semeia, 1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Gundry-Volf,
Judith, "Spirit, Mercy, and the Other,"
Theology Today, 1995.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Harrington, Daniel J., S.J.,
"Problems and Opportunities in Matthew's Gospel," Currents in
Theology and Mission, 2007. See especially section on this text
beginning on page 421. See entire issue of
Currents in Theology and Mission 34, image focus on Matthew's
gospel.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Harrisville, Roy A., "The Woman of
Canaan, A Chapter in the History of Exegesis," Interpretation,
1966.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Haughey, John C., S.J.,
"There's No 'Them' There," The Living Pulpit, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hawkins, Peter S., "Dogging Jesus,"
The Christian Century, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - "Homiletical Helps on LSB Series A," Concordia Journal, 2005. (Section on this text begins on page 229)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerial - Kang, JP, "Matthew 15:1-28," Interpretation, 2011.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Ortberg, John, "True Grit," The
Christian Century, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Meier, John P., "Matthew 15:21-28,
Expository Article," Interpretation, 1986.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Perkinson, Jim, "A Canaanitic Word in the Logos of Christ; or The Difference the
Syro-Phoenician Woman Makes to Jesus," Semeia, 1996.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Scherer, Paul E.,
"A Gauntlet with a Gift in It: From Text to Sermon on Matthew 15:21-28 and
Mark 7:24-30," Interpretation, 1966.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Scott, J. Julius, Jr., "Gentiles and the Ministry of
Jesus: Further Observations on Matthew 10:5-6; 15:21-28," Journal of
the Evangelical Theological Society, 1990.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Scott, J. Martin C., "Matthew 15:21-28: A Test-Case
for Jesus' Manners," Journal for the Study of the New Testament,
1996.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Senior, Donald, C.P., "Between Two Worlds: Gentile and Jewish Christians in Matthew's Gospel,"
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Thompson, Mark C., "Matthew 15:21-28, Expository
Article," Interpretation, 1981.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wiles, Virginia, "Just a Mother," Brethren Life
and Thought, 1989. (Sermon, Mother's Day)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Burkill, T.A., "The Historical Development of the Story of the Syrophoenician Woman,"
Novum Testamentum, 1967.
- Sermons:
- "Who Gets to Enter the Temple?" the Rev. William Blake Rider, Day 1, 2006.
- "Letter to a Canaanite Woman," Mary Hinkle, Pilgrim Preaching.
- "Crumbs from the Master's Table," 13 Pentecost - 14 August 2005, Hubert Beck, Göttinger Predigten im Internet: Every Sunday Sermons based on the RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors.
- "Crumbs from the Table," "Overcoming Barriers," Richard J. Fairchild, Sermon & Lectionary Resources.
- "Yelping Puppies - The Canaanite Woman," Sermons from Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington.
- "Sermon for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost," Bishop Steven Charleston, Day 1, 2005.
- Father Andrew M. Greeley, "Priest, Author, Sociologist," Commentary and Homily:
- With Children:
- Worshiping with Children, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2014. 2011.
- "Storypath Lectionary Links: Connecting Children's Literature with our Faith Story," August 17, 2014, Union Presbyterian Seminary. Genesis 45:1-15 and The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt, Romans 11:1-2a, 28-32 and No David! by David Shannon, Matthew 15:(10-20) 21-28 and She Sang Promise by Jan Godown Annino. 2011.
- Crumbs Louder, video by David Coleman and his children.
- Never give up, CSSPlus.
- "A Clean Heart," and "Crumbs from the Table," Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons4kids.com.
- "Woman's Faith," Fr. Max Bowers, Kid's Church.
- "What Is Clean in the Site of God?" "A Greek Woman Asks Jesus' Help for her Daughter," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
- Drama:
- "Foreign Dogs," from A Certain Jesus by Jose Ignacio and Maria Lopez Vigil. Ideal for catechetical and liturgical dramatization of today's gospel. Claretian Publications.
- Multimedia, Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Clip Art, Matthew 15:28, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
- "Crumbs from the Master's Table," Scripture Pics - graphics relating to RCL texts, Matt Baker, Germantown UMC, Ohio.
- Clip Art Images: Matthew 15:21-28, Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú.
- Matthew 15:21-28, Matthew 15:21-28, Matthew 15:21-28, Liturgical Drawing, Maria d.c. Zamora, Claretian Resources, Philippines. ("Download and use these for free.")
- Matthew 15:21-28, at Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration. Liberation emphasis.
- Crumbs Louder, video by David Coleman and his children.
- Hymns and Music:
- Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Matthew 15;25, 27. The Cyber Hymnal.
- "Come Gather," Brenton Prigge, NewHymn, new, relevant hymn set to traditional tunes.
- “She Came to Jesus” an original hymn by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, 2002, celebrates the faith of a woman with a sick child in Matthew 15:21-28 and Mark 7:24-30. Tune: SLANE (“Be Thou My Vision”). This hymn is in Songs of Grace: New Hymns for God and Neighbor and Singing the New Testament.
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Movies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Matthew
