A woman whose little daughter had an evil spirit heard about Jesus. She went to him and bowed down.
A Canaanite woman from that territory came ⌞to him⌟ and began to shout, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is tormented by a demon.”
Then a man with a serious skin disease came to him. The man fell to his knees and begged Jesus, “If you’re willing, you can make me clean.”
The woman trembled with fear. She knew what had happened to her. So she quickly bowed in front of him and told him the whole truth.
Jesus left that place and went to the territory of Tyre. He didn’t want anyone to know that he was staying in a house there. However, it couldn’t be kept a secret.
The woman happened to be Greek, born in Phoenicia in Syria. She asked him to force the demon out of her daughter.
He quickly bowed at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. (The man was a Samaritan.)