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The woman happened to be Greek, born in Phoenicia in Syria. She asked him to force the demon out of her daughter.
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Jesus said to her, "First, let the children eat all they want. It's not right to take the children's food and throw it to the dogs."
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She answered him, "Lord, even the dogs under the table eat some of the children's scraps."
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Jesus said to her, "Because you have said this, go! The demon has left your daughter."
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The woman went home and found the little child lying on her bed, and the demon was gone.
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Jesus then left the neighborhood of Tyre. He went through Sidon and the territory of the Ten Cities to the Sea of Galilee.
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Some people brought to him a man who was deaf and who also had a speech defect. They begged Jesus to lay his hand on him.
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Jesus took him away from the crowd to be alone with him. He put his fingers into the man's ears, and after spitting, he touched the man's tongue.
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Then he looked up to heaven, sighed, and said to the man, "Ephphatha!" which means, "Be opened!"
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At once the man could hear and talk normally.
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Jesus ordered the people not to tell anyone. But the more he ordered them, the more they spread the news.