Matthew 15:21-23

J.B. Phillips New Testament

A gentile’s faith in Jesus

^21-22 Jesus left that place and retired into the Tyre and Sidon district. There a Canaanite woman from those parts came to him crying at the top of her voice, “Lord, have pity on me! My daughter is in a terrible state—a devil has got into her!”

²³ Jesus made no answer, and the disciples came up to him and said, “Do send her away—she’s still following us and calling out.”