Matthew 15:23

New American Bible - revised edition

But he did not say a word in answer to her. His disciples came and asked him, “Send her away, for she keeps calling out after us.”

Cross References

Genesis 42:7

He recognized them as soon as he saw them. But he concealed his own identity from them and spoke harshly to them. “Where do you come from?” he asked them. They answered, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”

Psalm 28:1

Of David. To you, Lord, I call; my Rock, do not be deaf to me, Do not be silent toward me, so that I join those who go down to the pit.

Lamentations 3:8

Even when I cry for help, he stops my prayer;

Matthew 14:15

When it was evening, the disciples approached him and said, “This is a deserted place and it is already late; dismiss the crowds so that they can go to the villages and buy food for themselves.”

Matthew 15:22

And behold, a Canaanite woman of that district came and called out, “Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is tormented by a demon.”

Matthew 15:24

He said in reply, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember how for these forty years the Lord, your God, has directed all your journeying in the wilderness, so as to test you by affliction, to know what was in your heart: to keep his commandments, or not.