Matthew 15:31

λαλοῦντας : this and the following participles are used substantively as objects of the verb βλέποντας, the action denoted by the participles being that which was seen. ἐδόξασαν τ. θ. Ἰσραήλ. The expression suggests a non-Israelite crowd and seems to hint that after all for our evangelist Jesus is on the east side and in heathen territory. But it may point back to Matthew 15:24 and mean the God who conferred such favours on Israel as distinct from the heathen (Weiss-Meyer).