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.
Suddenly a Canaanite woman from there came out shouting, “Lord and Son of David, have pity on me! My daughter is full of demons.”
A man with leprosy came to Jesus and knelt down. He begged, “You have the power to make me well, if only you wanted to.”
The woman knew what had happened to her. She came shaking with fear and knelt down in front of Jesus. Then she told him the whole story.
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.
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.
He bowed down at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. The man was from the country of Samaria.