Jesus Helps a Gentile Woman^(A)

²¹ Jesus left that place and went to the ·area [district; region] of Tyre and Sidon [^Ccities on the coast north of Israel]. ²² A ·Canaanite [^Ca non-Jewish (Gentile) resident of Palestine (Canaan was the ancient name for Palestine)] woman from that area came to Jesus and cried out, “Lord, Son of David [^Ca title for the Messiah], have mercy on me! My daughter ·has a demon, and she is suffering very much [is tormented; ^Lis severely demon-possessed].”

²³ But Jesus did not ·answer the woman [^Lanswer her a word]. So his ·followers [disciples] came to Jesus and ·begged [asked; urged] him, “Tell the woman to go away. [^LBecause] She is following us and ·shouting [crying out].”

²⁴ Jesus answered, “·God sent me [^LI was sent] only to the lost sheep, the ·people [^Lhouse] of Israel.”

²⁵ Then the woman came to Jesus again and bowed before him and said, “Lord, help me!”

²⁶ Jesus answered, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and ·give [throw] it to the dogs.” [^C“Children” refers to Israel; “dogs” to the Gentiles.]

²⁷ The woman said, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”

²⁸ Then Jesus answered, “[^LO] Woman, you have great faith! ·I will do what you asked [^LLet it be done for you as you wish].” And ·at that moment [^Lfrom that hour] the woman’s daughter was healed.

Jesus Helps a Gentile Woman^(A)

²⁴ Jesus left that place and went to the area around Tyre^[a] [^Ca Gentile city on the coast north of Israel]. When he went into a house, he did not want anyone to know he was there, but he could not stay hidden. ²⁵ A woman whose daughter had an ·evil [defiling; ^Lunclean] spirit in her heard that he was there. So she ·quickly [immediately] came to Jesus and ·fell [bowed] at his feet. ²⁶ She was ·Greek [a Gentile; ^C“Greek” is sometimes used for any non-Jew; Rom. 1:16], born in Phoenicia, in Syria. She ·begged [kept asking] Jesus to ·force [drive; cast] the demon out of her daughter.

²⁷ Jesus told the woman, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and ·give [throw] it to the dogs. First let the children eat all they want.” [^C“Children” refers to Israel; “dogs” to the Gentiles.]

²⁸ But she answered, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table can eat the children’s crumbs.”

²⁹ Then Jesus said, “Because of your answer, you may go. The demon has left your daughter.”

³⁰ The woman went home and found her daughter lying in bed; the demon was gone.