Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders and cried, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely possessed by a demon!”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Matthew 15:22 in context
Matthew 15:19–25
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For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
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These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn’t defile the man.”
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Jesus went out from there and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
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Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders and cried, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely possessed by a demon!”
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But he answered her not a word.
His disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away; for she cries after us.”
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But he answered, “I wasn’t sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
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But she came and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, help me.”
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