“Wisdomkeeper!” the man said with desperation in his voice. “Take pity on my son. An evil spirit has taken hold of him and makes him suffer greatly. He often falls into the fire or the water.
His reputation as a healer spread as far as Bright Sun (Syria). Then they brought to him the ones tormented with evil spirits, along with people who suffered from seizures, and he healed them. He even healed the crippled and paralyzed among them.
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.”