Matthew 15:23

But Jesus answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away, for she is shouting after us.”

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

In Context

22Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from that region. She shouted out and said, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed.”

24But Jesus answered and said, “I was not sent to anyone except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:2You will call to mind all the ways that Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order that he might humble you, that he might test you to know what was in your heart, as to whether you would keep his commandments or not.

Lamentations 3:8and though I call out and cry for help, he shut out my prayer. 1

Mark 10:47When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to shout and to say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

Matthew Henry on Matthew 15:22-29

The Canaanite's Daughter Healed. 21 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And, 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. 23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. 24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25 Then came… Read the whole commentary →

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