Matthew 15:23

The Passion Translation

But Jesus never answered her. So his disciples said to him, “Why do you ignore this woman who is crying out to us?”

Cross References

Genesis 42:7

As soon as Joseph saw them, he realized that they were his brothers! But he pretended he didn’t know them and spoke to them harshly: “Where do you come from?” “From the land of Canaan,” they answered, “and we’re here to buy food.”

Psalm 28:1

I’m pleading with you, Yahweh, help me! Don’t close your ears to my cry, for you’re my defender. If you continue to remain aloof and refuse to answer me, I might as well give up and die.

Lamentations 3:8

Even when I cry for help, he closes his ear to my prayer.

Matthew 14:15

Later that afternoon the disciples came to Jesus and said, “It’s going to be dark soon and the people are hungry, but there’s nothing to eat here in this desolate place. You should send the crowds away to the nearby villages to buy themselves some food.”

Matthew 15:22

He encountered there a Canaanite woman who shouted out to him, “Lord, Son of David, show mercy to me! My daughter is horribly afflicted by a demon that torments her.”

Matthew 15:24

Jesus said, “I’ve only been sent to the lost sheep of Israel.”