Synopse der Evangelien

The faith of a woman from Canaan

21 Jesus left Galilee and went to the area of Tyre and Sidon. 22 A woman from Canaan lived near Tyre and Sidon. She came to him and cried out, ‘Lord! Son of David! Have mercy on me! A demon controls my daughter. She is suffering terribly.’ 23 Jesus did not say a word. So his disciples came to him. They begged him, ‘Send her away. She keeps crying out after us.’ 24 Jesus answered, ‘I was sent only to the people of Israel. They are like lost sheep.’ 25 Then the woman fell to her knees in front of him. ‘Lord! Help me!’ she said. 26 He replied, ‘It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.’ 27 ‘Yes it is, Lord,’ she said. ‘Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their owner’s table.’ 28 Then Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, you have great faith! You will be given what you are asking for.’ And her daughter was healed at that moment.

Jesus honours a Greek woman’s faith

24 Jesus went from there to a place near Tyre. He entered a house. He did not want anyone to know where he was. But he could not keep it a secret. 25 Soon a woman heard about him. An evil spirit controlled her little daughter. The woman came to Jesus and fell at his feet. 26 She was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter. 27 ‘First let the children eat all they want,’ he told her. ‘It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.’ 28 ‘Lord’, she replied, ‘even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.’ 29 Then he told her, ‘That was a good reply. You may go. The demon has left your daughter.’ 30 So she went home and found her child lying on the bed. And the demon was gone.