Jesus went to the country about Tyre and Sidon, and a Canaanitish,
heathen woman cried unto Him: Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of
David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. But Jesus answered
her not a word. The disciples said: Send her away, for she crieth after
us. Jesus answered: I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of Israel.
The woman now came and worshiped Him, saying: Lord, help me! Jesus said:
It is not meet to take the children’s bread and cast it to the dogs. She
said: Yea, Lord, for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from
their master’s table. Then Jesus said unto her: O woman, great is thy
faith: be it done unto thee, even as thou wilt. And her daughter was
healed from that hour. (Matt. 15:21-28.)