Marcos 7

The Syrophoenician Woman’s Faith

24 And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon.*7:24 Some manuscripts omit and Sidon And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet he could not be hidden. 25 But immediately a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard of him and came and fell down at his feet. 26 *[John 12:20,21] Now the woman was a *[1 Cor. 12:13] Gentile, *[Acts 21:2,3]a Syrophoenician by birth. And she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. 27 And he said to her, "Let the children be *[Acts 3:26;Rom. 1:16] fed first, for it is not right to take the children’s bread and *Matt. 7:6throw it to the dogs."28 But she answered him, "Yes, Lord; yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s *[Luke 16:21]crumbs." 29 And he said to her, "For this statement you may *John 4:50go your way; the demon has left your daughter."30 And she went home and found the child lying in bed and the demon gone.