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22 A Canaanite woman from that area came and cried out, |Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is horribly demon-possessed!| 23 But he did not answer her a word. Then his disciples came and begged him, |Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us.| 24 So he answered, |I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.| 25 But she came and bowed down before him and said, |Lord, help me!| 26 It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs,| he said. 27 Yes, Lord,| she replied, |but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table.| 28 Then Jesus answered her, |Woman, your faith is great! Let what you want be done for you.| And her daughter was healed from that hour. Matthew 15:22-28, New English Translation. Copyright © 1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press.
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