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Jesus traveled to the area of Tyre and Sidon. A woman who wasn’t Jewish approached him and kept crying out to him “Have mercy on me Lord, son of David! My daughter is tormented by an unclean spirit.” Jesus didn’t reply to her, but his disciples approached him and asked him to make her go away because she kept following them and yelling for help.
Jesus said “I am called to help only the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
But the woman came and knelt before him, begging him to drive the demon out of her daughter.
He said “Let the children have their fill first, because it isn’t right to take their bread and throw it to the dogs.”
But she replied “Yes, but even the dogs under the table eat the crumbs that fall.”
Jesus answered “Your faith is great, woman. Because of how you answered, you will receive what you have asked for.” Her daughter was free of the demon that very hour.
MT 15:21-28, MK 7:24-30
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