(Matt. xv, 21-28; Mark vii, 24-30.) And rising up from thence, He went into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman, a Gentile, a Syrophoenician by birth, cried out, saying: Have mercy on me, O Lord, Thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously troubled by a devil. But Jesus answered her not a word. And His disciples coming besought Him, saying: Send her away, for she crieth after us. But He answering said: I was not sent but to the sheep that are lost of the house of Israel. But she came and adored Him, saying: Lord, help me. And He said to her: Suffer first the children to be filled; for it is not good to take the bread of the children and to cast it to the dogs. But she said: Yea, Lord;
for even the little dogs eat of the crumbs that fall from the table of their masters. Then Jesus answering said to her: O woman, great is thy faith; be it done to thee as thou wilt. And her daughter was healed from that hour.