Matthew 15:21-29

Moffatt(i) 21 Going away from there Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And a woman of Canaan came out of these parts and wailed, "Have pity on me, Lord, O Son of David! My daughter is cruelly possessed by a daemon." 23 But he made no answer to her. Then his disciples came up and pressed him, saying, "Send her away, she is wailing behind us." 24 He replied, "It was only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel that I was sent." 25 But she came and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, do help me." 26 He replied, "It is not fair to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." 27 "No, sir," she said, "but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table." 28 At that Jesus replied, "O woman, you have great faith; your prayer is granted as you wish." And from that hour her daughter was cured. 29 Then Jesus removed from that country and went along the sea of Galilee; he went up the hillside and sat there.