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Matthew 15:21–28

A Canaanite mother will not give up when Jesus is silent

21And going out from there, Jesus withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.

22And look, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying out, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is badly demon-possessed.”

23But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and were urging him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying out after us.”

24But he answered and said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

25But she came and was bowing down before him, saying, “Lord, help me.”

26But he answered and said, “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.”

27But she said, “Yes, Lord; for even the little dogs eat from the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”

28Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.

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19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.

20These are what defile the person; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the person.”

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29And moving on from there, Jesus came beside the Sea of Galilee; and going up onto the mountain, he was sitting there.

30And many crowds came to him, having with them the mute, blind, lame, maimed, and many others, and they set them at his feet; and he healed them,

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