June 14, 2020

The Faith of a Canaanite Woman

²¹ And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. ²² And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon.” ²³ But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying out after us.” ²⁴ He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” ²⁵ But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.” ²⁶ And he answered, “It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.” ²⁷ She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table.” ²⁸ Then Jesus answered her, “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed instantly.^[a]

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Footnotes

Matthew 15:28 Greek from that hour

Cross references

Matthew 15:21 : For ver. 21-28, see Mark 7:24-30 Matthew 15:22 : Gen. 10:15, 19; Judg. 1:30-33 Matthew 15:22 : See ch. 9:27 Matthew 15:23 : [ch. 14:15] Matthew 15:24 : Rom. 15:8; See ch. 10:5, 6 Matthew 15:25 : See ch. 8:2 Matthew 15:26 : ch. 7:6 Matthew 15:27 : [Luke 16:21] Matthew 15:28 : See ch. 9:2 Matthew 15:28 : [ch. 8:13] Matthew 15:28 : ch. 9:22; 17:18; [John 4:52, 53] Matthew 15:28 : [ch. 8:13]

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