The Faith of a Canaanite Woman

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And Jesus having come forth thence, withdrew to the parts of Tyre and Sidon,

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and lo, a woman, a Canaanitess, from those borders having come forth, did call to him, saying, `Deal kindly with me, Sir--Son of David; my daughter is miserably demonized.'

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And he did not answer her a word; and his disciples having come to him, were asking him, saying--`Let her away, because she crieth after us;'

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and he answering said, `I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.'

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And having come, she was bowing to him, saying, `Sir, help me;'

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and he answering said, `It is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast to the little dogs.'

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And she said, `Yes, sir, for even the little dogs do eat of the crumbs that are falling from their lords' table;'

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then answering, Jesus said to her, `O woman, great is thy faith, let it be to thee as thou wilt;' and her daughter was healed from that hour.

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