Matthew 15:23

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying after us.”

Cross References

Matthew 14:15

When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a lonely place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

Lamentations 3:8

though I call and cry for help, he shuts out my prayer;

Psalm 28:1

To thee, O Lord, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the Pit.

Deuteronomy 8:2

And you shall remember all the way which the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.

Genesis 42:7

Joseph saw his brothers, and knew them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke roughly to them. “Where do you come from?” he said. They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”

Matthew 15:22

And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely possessed by a demon.”

Matthew 15:24

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