It Can Be Done! (Matthew 15.21-28)

Matthew 15:21 NRSV

Jesus left that place and went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon.

Matthew 15:22 NRSV

Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came out and started shouting, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is tormented by a demon.”

Matthew 15:23 NRSV

But he did not answer her at all. And his disciples came and urged him, saying, “Send her away, for she keeps shouting after us.”

Matthew 15:24 NRSV

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

Matthew 15:25 NRSV

But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.”

Matthew 15:26 NRSV

He answered, “It is not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs.”

Matthew 15:27 NRSV

She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”

Matthew 15:28 NRSV

Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish.” And her daughter was healed instantly.

3 John 2 NRSV

Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, just as it is well with your soul.

2 Peter 3:9 NRSV

The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance.

Romans 8:26 NRSV

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words.