wmth - Matthew:15:21-28

wmth@Matthew:15:21 @ Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew into the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon.

wmth@Matthew:15:22 @ Here a Canaanitish woman of the district came out and persistently cried out, »Sir, Son of David, pity me; my daughter is cruelly harassed by a demon.«

wmth@Matthew:15:23 @ But He answered her not a word. Then the disciples interposed, and begged Him, saying, »Send her away because she keeps crying behind us.«

wmth@Matthew:15:24 @ »I have only been sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel,« He replied.

wmth@Matthew:15:25 @ Then she came and threw herself at His feet and entreated Him. »O Sir, help me,« she said.

wmth@Matthew:15:26 @ »It is not right,« He said, »to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.«

wmth@Matthew:15:27 @ »Be it so, Sir,« she said, »for even the dogs eat the scraps which fall from their masters' tables.«

wmth@Matthew:15:28 @ »O woman,« replied Jesus, »great is your faith: be it done to you as you desire.« And from that moment her daughter was restored to health.