Mathewu 15:21-28

Wamuka lapho uJesu, waya emikhawulweni yaseTire naseSidoni. Bheka, kwavela kuleyo mikhawulo owesifazane waseKhanani, wakhala kuye, wathi: “Ngihawukele, Nkosi, Ndodana kaDavide; Indodakazi yami ikhwelwe kabi yidemoni. Kodwa akamphendulanga ngazwi. Abafundi bakhe beza bamncenga bathi: Mmukise; ngokuba uyakhala emva kwethu. Kodwa waphendula wathi: Kangithunywanga kuphela ezimvini ezilahlekileyo zendlu kaIsrayeli. Wasesiza wakhuleka kuye, wathi: Nkosi, ngisize. Kepha waphendula wathi: “Akukuhle ukuthatha isinkwa sabantwana, siphonse ezinjaneni. Wathi: “Yebo, Nkosi, nokho nezinjana ziyadla imvuthuluka ewa etafuleni labaninizo. UJesu waphendula wathi kuye: O mame, kukhulu ukukholwa kwakho; Indodakazi yakhe yasinda kusukela ngaleso sikhathi.