Matthew 15:23

First Nations Version

Creator Sets Free (Jesus) gave no answer to the woman. His followers came to him and begged him, “Send her away, for she is bothering us with her loud crying.”

Cross References

Matthew 14:15

When the evening came, his followers said to him, “This is a deserted place, and the day is almost over. Let us send the people away to the villages in the country- side so they can find food to eat.” Creator Sets Free (Jesus) looked around at the great crowd of people, for there were over five thousand who had gathered there.

Matthew 15:22

A Lowlander (Canaanite) woman from that territory came to Creator Sets Free (Jesus). “Honored One! Descendant of Much Loved One (David),” she cried out to him. “Have pity on me, for my daughter is tormented by an evil spirit.”

Matthew 15:24

He then said to the woman, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the tribes of Wrestles with Creator (Israel).”