Matthew 15:21-28

A Canaanite Woman’s Great Faith

21 And departing from there, Jesus went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon.

22 And behold, a Canaanite woman from that district came [and] cried out, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter [is] severely possessed by a demon!"

23 But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came up [and] asked him, saying, "Send her away, because she is crying out after us!"

24 But he answered [and] said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

25 But she came [and] knelt down before him, saying, "Lord, help me!"

26 And he answered [and] said, "It is not right to take the children's bread and throw [it] to the dogs!"

27 So she said, "Yes, Lord, for even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table."

28 Then Jesus answered [and] said to her, "O woman, your faith [is] great! Let it be done for you as you want." And her daughter was healed from that hour.

Footnotes

• [a] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("came up") has been translated as a finite verb
• [b] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("answered") has been translated as a finite verb
• [c] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("came") has been translated as a finite verb
• [d] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("answered") has been translated as a finite verb
• [e] *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation