23. All these come from your heart, and they are what make you unfit to worship God.
24. Jesus left and went to the region near the city of Tyre, where he stayed in someone's home. He did not want people to know he was there, but they found out anyway.
25. A woman whose daughter had an evil spirit in her heard where Jesus was. And straight away she came and knelt down at his feet.
26. The woman was Greek and had been born in the part of Syria known as Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to force the demon out of her daughter.
27. But Jesus said, “The children must first be fed! It isn't right to take away their food and feed it to dogs.”
28. The woman replied, “Lord, even dogs eat the crumbs that children drop from the table.”
29. Jesus answered, “That's true! You may go now. The demon has left your daughter.”
30. When the woman got back home, she found her child lying on the bed. The demon had gone.