22. A woman from Canaan lived near Tyre and Sidon. She came to him and cried out, "Lord! Son of David! Have mercy on me! A demon controls my daughter. She is suffering terribly."
23. Jesus did not say a word. So his disciples came to him. They begged him, "Send her away. She keeps crying out after us."
24. Jesus answered, "I was sent only to the people of Israel. They are like lost sheep."
25. Then the woman fell to her knees in front of him. "Lord! Help me!" she said.
26. He replied, "It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to their dogs."
27. "Yes, Lord," she said. "But even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their owners' table."
28. Then Jesus answered, "Woman, you have great faith! You will be given what you are asking for." And her daughter was healed at that very moment.
29. Jesus left there. He walked along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up on a mountainside and sat down.
30. Large crowds came to him. They brought blind people and those who could not walk. They also brought disabled people, those who could not speak, and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them.
31. The people were amazed. Those who could not speak were speaking. The disabled were made well. Those not able to walk were walking. Those who were blind could see. So the people praised the God of Israel.