Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely possessed by a demon!”
Parallel translations
- KJV And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
- BSB And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.”
- NKJV And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed.”
- NASB And a Canaanite woman from that region came out and began to cry out, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely demon-possessed.”
- NLT A Gentile woman who lived there came to him, pleading, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! For my daughter is possessed by a demon that torments her severely.”
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- Matt 9:27As Jesus passed by from there, two blind men followed him, calling out and saying, “Have mercy on us, son of David!”
- Mark 7:25–26For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.
- Matt 17:15“Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic, and suffers grievously; for he often falls into the fire, and often into the water.
- Ps 45:12The daughter of Tyre comes with a gift. The rich among the people entreat your favor.
- Ezek 3:6not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can not understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.
- Ps 4:1For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm by David. Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
- Luke 18:38–39He cried out, “Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!”
- Matt 1:1The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
- Luke 17:13They lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
- Mark 9:17–22One of the multitude answered, “Teacher, I brought to you my son, who has a mute spirit;
- Luke 18:13But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’
- Matt 3:8–9Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance!
- Matt 20:30–31Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!”
- Matt 22:42–45saying, “What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “Of David.”
- Matt 4:24The report about him went out into all Syria. They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them.
- Ps 6:2Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am faint. Yahweh, heal me, for my bones are troubled.
- John 7:41–42Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “What, does the Christ come out of Galilee?
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