New English Translation

Matthew 15:23-30 New English Translation (NET)

23. But he did not answer her a word. Then his disciples came and begged him, “Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us.”

24. So he answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

25. But she came and bowed down before him and said, “Lord, help me!”

26. “It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs,” he said.

27. “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”

28. Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, your faith is great! Let what you want be done for you.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.

29. When he left there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up a mountain, where he sat down.

30. Then large crowds came to him bringing with them the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them.