23 All these evil things come from within and defile a man.”

24 ^aFrom there He arose and went to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And He entered a house and wanted no one to know it, but He could not be ^bhidden.  ‡

26 The woman was a¹ Greek, a Syro-Phoenician by birth, and she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.  ‡

27 But Jesus said to her, “Let the children be filled first, for it is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.”