Mark 7:24
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The Faith of a Gentile Woman
24 Then Jesus left Galilee and went north to the region of Tyre.[a] He didn’t want anyone to know which house he was staying in, but he couldn’t keep it a secret.
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- 7:24 Some manuscripts add and Sidon.
Matthew 15:22
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22 A Gentile[a] woman who lived there came to him, pleading, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! For my daughter is possessed by a demon that torments her severely.”
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- 15:22 Greek Canaanite.
Mark 7:26
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26 and she begged him to cast out the demon from her daughter.
Since she was a Gentile, born in Syrian Phoenicia,
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Matthew 15:23-25
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23 But Jesus gave her no reply, not even a word. Then his disciples urged him to send her away. “Tell her to go away,” they said. “She is bothering us with all her begging.”
24 Then Jesus said to the woman, “I was sent only to help God’s lost sheep—the people of Israel.”
25 But she came and worshiped him, pleading again, “Lord, help me!”
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Mark 7:27-28
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27 Jesus told her, “First I should feed the children—my own family, the Jews.[a] It isn’t right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs.”
28 She replied, “That’s true, Lord, but even the dogs under the table are allowed to eat the scraps from the children’s plates.”
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- 7:27 Greek Let the children eat first.
Matthew 15:28
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28 “Dear woman,” Jesus said to her, “your faith is great. Your request is granted.” And her daughter was instantly healed.
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Mark 7:30
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30 And when she arrived home, she found her little girl lying quietly in bed, and the demon was gone.
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