^21 (A)Then Jesus went from that place and withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. ²² And behold, a Canaanite woman of that district came and called out, “Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is tormented by a demon.” 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 (B)But the woman came and did him homage, saying, “Lord, help me.” ²⁶ He said in reply, “It is not right to take the food of the children^[b] and throw it to the dogs.” ²⁷ She said, “Please, Lord, for even the dogs eat the scraps that fall from the table of their masters.” ^28 (C)Then Jesus said to her in reply, “O woman, great is your faith!^[c] Let it be done for you as you wish.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.

The Syrophoenician Woman’s Faith. ^24 (A)From that place he went off to the district of Tyre.^[a] He entered a house and wanted no one to know about it, but he could not escape notice. ²⁵ Soon a woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him. She came and fell at his feet. ²⁶ The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth, and she begged him to drive the demon out of her daughter.^{(B) 27} He said to her, “Let the children be fed first.^[b] For it is not right to take the food of the children and throw it to the dogs.” ²⁸ She replied and said to him, “Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s scraps.” ²⁹ Then he said to her, “For saying this, you may go. The demon has gone out of your daughter.” ³⁰ When the woman went home, she found the child lying in bed and the demon gone.