Matthew 15:21-28

Contemporary English Version

A Woman's Faith

(Mark 7.24-30)

²¹ Jesus left and went to the territory near the towns of Tyre and Sidon. ²² Suddenly a Canaanite woman^[a] from there came out shouting, “Lord and Son of David,^[b] have pity on me! My daughter is full of demons.” ²³ Jesus did not say a word. But the woman kept following along and shouting, so his disciples came up and asked him to send her away.

²⁴ Jesus said, “I was sent only to the people of Israel! They are like a flock of lost sheep.”

²⁵ The woman came closer. Then she knelt down and begged, “Please help me, Lord!”

²⁶ Jesus replied, “It isn't right to take food away from children and feed it to dogs.”^[c]

²⁷ “Lord, this is true,” the woman said, “but even puppies get the crumbs that fall from their owner's table.”

²⁸ Jesus answered, “Dear woman, you really do have a lot of faith, and you will be given what you want.” At that moment her daughter was healed.