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SYRO-PHOENICIAN

The nationality of a non-Jewish woman whose daughter was cured by Jesus MAT 15:21-28; MRK 7:24-30

Passages on this topic · 15

  • Matthew 15:21

    Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.

  • Matthew 15:22

    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!”

  • Matthew 15:23

    But he answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away; for she cries after us.”

  • Matthew 15:24

    But he answered, “I wasn’t sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

  • Matthew 15:25

    But she came and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, help me.”

  • Matthew 15:26

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

  • Matthew 15:27

    But she said, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”

  • Matthew 15:28

    Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.

  • Mark 7:24

    From there he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house, and didn’t want anyone to know it, but he couldn’t escape notice.

  • Mark 7:25

    For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.

  • Mark 7:26

    Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.

  • Mark 7:27

    But Jesus said to her, “Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”

  • Mark 7:28

    But she answered him, “Yes, Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”

  • Mark 7:29

    He said to her, “For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter.”

  • Mark 7:30

    She went away to her house, and found the child having been laid on the bed, with the demon gone out.

From Nave’s Topical Bible (public domain).