Matthew 15:23

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Jesus did not say a word to her. His disciples  approached him and urged him, ‘Send her away because she’s crying out after us.’

Cross References

Matthew 14:15

When evening came, the disciples  approached him and said, ‘This place is deserted, and it is already late.  Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves.’

Lamentations 3:8

Even when I cry out and plead for help, he blocks out my prayer.

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember that the Lord your God led you on the entire journey these forty years in the wilderness, so that he might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.

Genesis 42:7

When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognised them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke harshly to them. ‘Where do you come from? ’ he asked. ‘From the land of Canaan to buy food,’ they replied.

Matthew 15:22

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.’

Matthew 15:24

He replied, ‘I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.’