Matthew 14:22-16:12 is arranged in a chiastic pattern, repeatedly focusing on food but centering on Jesus’ healing ministry:
A. Crossing the sea, 14:22-36
B. Pharisees and scribes question Jesus about washing before meals, 15:1-20
C. Jesus gives crumbs to the Canaanite woman, 15:21-29
D. Jesus heals the multitudes, 15:29-31
C’. Jesus feeds 4000, 15:32-39
B’. Pharisees and Sadducees test Jesus, 16:1-4
A’. Disciples forget bread while crossing the sea, 16:5-12
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