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23 But he did not say a word in answer to her. His disciples came and asked him, “Send her away, for she keeps calling out after us.” 24 [a]He said in reply, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” 25 (A)But the woman came and did him homage, saying, “Lord, help me.”

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Footnotes

  1. 15:24 See note on Mt 10:5–6.

23 Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”

24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.”(A)

25 The woman came and knelt before him.(B) “Lord, help me!” she said.

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