Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came and kept crying out, ‘Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely tormented by a demon.’
As he was telling them these things, suddenly one of the leaders came and knelt down before him, saying, ‘My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.’
Then he said to them, ‘No doubt you will quote this proverb to me: “Doctor, heal yourself. What we’ve heard that took place in Capernaum, do here in your home town also.” ’