THE SYROPHENICIAN'S DAUGHTER

 

Matthew 15

 21Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.

   22And, 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.

   23But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

   24But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

   25Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.

   26But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.

   27And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.

   28Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

Mark 7

 24And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid.

   25For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:

   26The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

   27But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.

   28And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

   29And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.

   30And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.