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Mark 7:24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

Mark 7:24 NLT

Then Jesus left Galilee and went north to the region of Tyre. He didn’t want anyone to know which house he was staying in, but he couldn’t keep it a secret.

Mark 7:25 NLT

Right away a woman who had heard about him came and fell at his feet. Her little girl was possessed by an evil spirit

Mark 7:26 NLT

and she begged him to cast out the demon from her daughter. Since she was a Gentile, born in Syrian Phoenicia

Mark 7:27 NLT

Jesus told her, “First I should feed the children—my own family, the Jews. It isn’t right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs.”

Mark 7:28 NLT

She replied, “That’s true, Lord, but even the dogs under the table are allowed to eat the scraps from the children’s plates.”

Mark 7:29 NLT

“Good answer!” he said. “Now go home, for the demon has left your daughter.”

Mark 7:30 NLT

And when she arrived home, she found her little girl lying quietly in bed, and the demon was gone.