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Your request is granted.&#8221 And her daughter was healed at that moment. <a href="/nlt/matthew/15.htm">New Living Translation</a> “Dear woman,” Jesus said to her, “your faith is great. Your request is granted.” And her daughter was instantly healed. <a href="/esv/matthew/15.htm">English Standard Version</a> Then Jesus answered her, “O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed instantly. <a href="/bsb/matthew/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> “O woman,” Jesus answered, “your faith is great! Let it be done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour. <a href="/blb/matthew/15.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Then Jesus answering said to her, "O woman, great is your faith. It shall be to you as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that very hour. <a href="/kjv/matthew/15.htm">King James Bible</a> Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. <a href="/nkjv/matthew/15.htm">New King James Version</a> Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour. <a href="/nasb_/matthew/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then Jesus said to her, “O woman, your faith is great; it shall be done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed at once. <a href="/nasb/matthew/15.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then Jesus said to her, &#8220O woman, your faith is great; it shall be done for you as you wish.&#8221 And her daughter was healed at once. <a href="/nasb77/matthew/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, your faith is great; be it done for you as you wish.” And her daughter was healed at once. <a href="/lsb/matthew/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, your faith is great; it shall be done for you as you wish.” And her daughter was healed at once. <a href="/amp/matthew/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, your faith [your personal trust and confidence in My power] is great; it will be done for you as you wish.” And her daughter was healed from that moment. <a href="/csb/matthew/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Then Jesus replied to her, “Woman, your faith is great. Let it be done for you as you want.” And from that moment her daughter was healed. <a href="/hcsb/matthew/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Then Jesus replied to her, &#8220Woman, your faith is great. Let it be done for you as you want.&#8221 And from that moment her daughter was cured. <a href="/asv/matthew/15.htm">American Standard Version</a> Then Jesus answered and 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. <a href="/cev/matthew/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Jesus answered, "Dear woman, you really do have a lot of faith, and you will be given what you want." At that moment her daughter was healed. <a href="/erv/matthew/15.htm">English Revised Version</a> Then Jesus answered and 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. <a href="/gwt/matthew/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Then Jesus answered her, "Woman, you have strong faith! What you wanted will be done for you." At that moment her daughter was cured. <a href="/gnt/matthew/15.htm">Good News Translation</a> So Jesus answered her, "You are a woman of great faith! What you want will be done for you." And at that very moment her daughter was healed. <a href="/isv/matthew/15.htm">International Standard Version</a> Then Jesus answered her, "Lady, your faith is great! What you want is granted." That very hour her daughter was healed. <a href="/msb/matthew/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> “O woman,” Jesus answered, “your faith is great! Let it be done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour. <a href="/net/matthew/15.htm">NET Bible</a> Then Jesus answered her, "Woman, your faith is great! Let what you want be done for you." And her daughter was healed from that hour. <a href="/nheb/matthew/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Then Jesus answered her, "Woman, great is your faith. Be it done to you even as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that hour. <a href="/wbt/matthew/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Then Jesus answered and said to her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it to thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was healed from that very hour. <a href="/wey/matthew/15.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "O woman," replied Jesus, "great is your faith: be it done to you as you desire." And from that moment her daughter was restored to health. <a href="/web/matthew/15.htm">World English Bible</a> Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that hour. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/matthew/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> then answering, Jesus said to her, “O woman, great [is] your faith, let it be to you as you will”; and her daughter was healed from that hour. <a href="/blb/matthew/15.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Then Jesus answering said to her, "O woman, great is your faith. It shall be to you as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that very hour. <a href="/ylt/matthew/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> then answering, Jesus said to her, 'O woman, great is thy faith, let it be to thee as thou wilt;' and her daughter was healed from that hour. <a href="/slt/matthew/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Then Jesus, having answered, said to her, O woman, great thy faith: let it be to thee as thou wilt. And her daughter was healed from that hour.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/matthew/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Then Jesus answering, said to her: O woman, great is thy faith: be it done to thee as thou wilt: and her daughter was cured from that hour. <a href="/cpdv/matthew/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Then Jesus, responding, said to her: “O woman, great is your faith. Let it be done for you just as you wish.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour. <a href="/nabre/matthew/15.htm">New American Bible</a> Then Jesus said to her in reply, “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish.” And her daughter was healed from that hour. <a href="/nrsvce/matthew/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish.” And her daughter was healed instantly.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/matthew/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Then Jesus said to her, O woman, your faith is great; let it be to you as you wish; and her daughter was healed from that very hour. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/matthew/15.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> But then Yeshua said to her, “O woman, great is your faith; it will be done for you as you will.” And her daughter was healed from that moment.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/matthew/15.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Then Jesus answered and said to her: woman, great is your faith; be it to you as you desire. And her daughter was restored to health from that hour.<CM> <a href="/godbey/matthew/15.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> Then Jesus responding said to her, <FR>O woman, great is thy faith; let it be done unto thee as thou dost wish.<Fr> And her daughter was healed from that hour. <a href="/haweis/matthew/15.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Then Jesus answering said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith! be it unto thee even as thou desirest. And her daughter was cured from that hour.<CM> <a href="/mace/matthew/15.htm">Mace New Testament</a> then Jesus answered her, O woman, great is thy faith: as you desire, be it done, and her daughter was healed from that very hour. <a href="/wey/matthew/15.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "O woman," replied Jesus, "great is your faith: be it done to you as you desire." And from that moment her daughter was restored to health. <a href="/worrell/matthew/15.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> Then Jesus, answering, said to her, <FR>"O woman, great is your faith! be it done to you as you wish."<Fr> And her daughter was healed from that hour. <a href="/worsley/matthew/15.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Then Jesus answering, said unto her, <FR>O woman, great <Fr>is<FR> thy faith: be it <Fr>therefore<FR> unto thee as thou desirest.<Fr> And her daughter was cured from that very hour. <a href="/parallel/matthew/15-28.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hriiyJYqzvc?start=4427" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/matthew/15.htm">The Faith of the Canaanite Woman</a> …27“Yes, Lord,” she said, “even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.” 28<a href="/greek/5599.htm" title="5599: Ō (I) -- A primary interjection; as a sign of the vocative case, O; as a note of exclamation, oh.">“O</a> <a href="/greek/1135.htm" title="1135: gynai (N-VFS) -- A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.">woman,” </a> <a href="/greek/5119.htm" title="5119: Tote (Adv) -- Then, at that time. From ho and hote; the when, i.e. At the time that."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2424.htm" title="2424: Iēsous (N-NMS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.">Jesus</a> <a href="/greek/611.htm" title="611: apokritheis (V-APP-NMS) -- From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak.">answered,</a> <a href="/greek/2036.htm" title="2036: eipen (V-AIA-3S) -- Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say."></a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autē (PPro-DF3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons."></a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: sou (PPro-G2S) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">“your</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hē (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4102.htm" title="4102: pistis (N-NFS) -- Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness. ">faith</a> <a href="/greek/3173.htm" title="3173: megalē (Adj-NFS) -- Large, great, in the widest sense. ">is great!</a> <a href="/greek/1096.htm" title="1096: genēthētō (V-AMP-3S) -- A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.">Let it be done</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: soi (PPro-D2S) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">for you</a> <a href="/greek/5613.htm" title="5613: hōs (Adv) -- Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.">as</a> <a href="/greek/2309.htm" title="2309: theleis (V-PIA-2S) -- To will, wish, desire, be willing, intend, design. ">you desire.” </a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">And</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autēs (PPro-GF3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">her</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hē (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2364.htm" title="2364: thygatēr (N-NFS) -- Apparently a primary word; a female child, or descendant.">daughter</a> <a href="/greek/2390.htm" title="2390: iathē (V-AIP-3S) -- To heal, generally of the physical, sometimes of spiritual, disease. Middle voice of apparently a primary verb; to cure.">was healed</a> <a href="/greek/575.htm" title="575: apo (Prep) -- From, away from. A primary particle; off, i.e. Away, in various senses.">from</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">that</a> <a href="/greek/1565.htm" title="1565: ekeinēs (DPro-GFS) -- That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed.">very</a> <a href="/greek/5610.htm" title="5610: hōras (N-GFS) -- Apparently a primary word; an hour.">hour.</a> 29Moving on from there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then He went up on a mountain and sat down.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/mark/7-24.htm">Mark 7:24-30</a> Jesus left that place and went to the region of Tyre. Not wanting anyone to know He was there, He entered a house, but was unable to escape their notice. / Instead, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit soon heard about Jesus, and she came and fell at His feet. / Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter. ... <a href="/matthew/8-10.htm">Matthew 8:10-13</a> When Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those following Him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. / I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. / But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” ... <a href="/luke/7-9.htm">Luke 7:9-10</a> When Jesus heard this, He marveled at the centurion. Turning to the crowd following Him, He said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.” / And when the messengers returned to the house, they found the servant in good health. <a href="/matthew/9-22.htm">Matthew 9:22</a> Jesus turned and saw her. “Take courage, daughter,” He said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed from that very hour. <a href="/matthew/17-20.htm">Matthew 17:20</a> “Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” <a href="/hebrews/11-6.htm">Hebrews 11:6</a> And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him. <a href="/james/5-15.htm">James 5:15</a> And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. <a href="/john/4-50.htm">John 4:50-53</a> “Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed. / And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive. / So he inquired as to the hour when his son had recovered, and they told him, “The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour.” ... <a href="/matthew/21-21.htm">Matthew 21:21-22</a> “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen. / If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.” <a href="/luke/17-19.htm">Luke 17:19</a> Then Jesus said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well!” <a href="/romans/4-20.htm">Romans 4:20-21</a> Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, / being fully persuaded that God was able to do what He had promised. <a href="/1_john/5-14.htm">1 John 5:14-15</a> And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. / And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him. <a href="/isaiah/56-6.htm">Isaiah 56:6-7</a> And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants—all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant— / I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.” <a href="/genesis/32-26.htm">Genesis 32:26-28</a> Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” / “What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied. / Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.” <a href="/2_kings/5-13.htm">2 Kings 5:13-14</a> Naaman’s servants, however, approached him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’?” / So Naaman went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored and became like that of a little child, and he was clean.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Then Jesus answered and said to her, O woman, great is your faith: be it to you even as you will. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.Jesus.<a href="/job/13-15.htm">Job 13:15</a> Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.<a href="/job/23-10.htm">Job 23:10</a> But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.<a href="/lamentations/3-32.htm">Lamentations 3:32</a> But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.O woman.great.<a href="/matthew/8-10.htm">Matthew 8:10</a> When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.<a href="/matthew/14-31.htm">Matthew 14:31</a> And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?<a href="/1_samuel/2-30.htm">1 Samuel 2:30</a> Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.be it.<a href="/matthew/8-13.htm">Matthew 8:13</a> And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.<a href="/matthew/9-29.htm">Matthew 9:29,30</a> Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you… <a href="/psalms/145-19.htm">Psalm 145:19</a> He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/matthew/15-22.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/matthew/13-17.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/matthew/15-19.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/matthew/13-11.htm">Granted</a> <a href="/matthew/14-14.htm">Great</a> <a href="/matthew/14-14.htm">Healed</a> <a href="/matthew/14-36.htm">Health</a> <a href="/matthew/14-15.htm">Hour</a> <a href="/matthew/14-31.htm">Instantly</a> <a href="/matthew/15-23.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/matthew/9-22.htm">Moment</a> <a href="/matthew/14-36.htm">Request</a> <a href="/matthew/14-36.htm">Restored</a> <a href="/matthew/14-36.htm">Whole</a> <a href="/matthew/13-28.htm">Wilt</a> <a href="/matthew/12-38.htm">Wish</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/21-5.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/matthew/16-25.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/matthew/16-8.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/mark/11-24.htm">Granted</a> <a href="/matthew/15-30.htm">Great</a> <a href="/matthew/15-30.htm">Healed</a> <a href="/mark/2-17.htm">Health</a> <a href="/matthew/17-18.htm">Hour</a> <a href="/matthew/17-18.htm">Instantly</a> <a href="/matthew/15-29.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/matthew/17-18.htm">Moment</a> <a href="/matthew/16-1.htm">Request</a> <a href="/matthew/20-34.htm">Restored</a> <a href="/matthew/15-31.htm">Whole</a> <a href="/matthew/17-4.htm">Wilt</a> <a href="/matthew/17-4.htm">Wish</a><div class="vheading2">Matthew 15</div>1. <a href="/matthew/15-1.htm">Jesus reproves the Scribes and Pharisees </a> 7. <a href="/matthew/15-7.htm">for transgressing God's commandments through their own traditions;</a> 10. <a href="/matthew/15-10.htm">teaches how that which goes into the mouth does not defile a man.</a> 21. <a href="/matthew/15-21.htm">He heals the daughter of the woman of Canaan,</a> 29. <a href="/matthew/15-29.htm">and other great multitudes;</a> 32. <a href="/matthew/15-32.htm">and with seven loaves and a few small fish feeds four thousand men</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/matthew/15.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div>O woman The address "O woman" is both personal and respectful. In the Greek, the word for woman is "γύναι" (gynai), which is a term of respect and endearment. Jesus' use of this term indicates His recognition of her dignity and worth, despite the cultural norms of the time that often marginalized women, especially those from different ethnic backgrounds. This highlights the inclusive nature of Jesus' ministry, breaking down barriers of gender and ethnicity.your faith is great! The Greek word for faith here is "πίστις" (pistis), which implies trust, belief, and confidence. Jesus acknowledges the Canaanite woman's faith as "great," which is significant because it contrasts with the often little faith He found among His own people. Her faith is not just belief in Jesus' power but a persistent trust in His willingness to act. This serves as an inspiration for believers to approach God with bold and unwavering faith, trusting in His goodness and mercy.Let it be done for you as you desire This phrase reflects Jesus' willingness to respond to faith. The Greek word for "desire" is "θέλω" (thelō), which means to wish or to will. Jesus grants her request, showing that God honors the desires of those who come to Him in faith. This underscores the biblical principle that God is attentive to the prayers of the faithful and is willing to act on their behalf, aligning His will with their righteous desires.And her daughter was healed The healing of the daughter is the tangible result of the woman's faith. The Greek word for healed is "ἰάομαι" (iaomai), which means to cure or to make whole. This miraculous healing signifies not only physical restoration but also spiritual wholeness. It demonstrates Jesus' authority over illness and His compassion for those who suffer, reinforcing the belief in His power to heal and restore.from that very hour The immediacy of the healing is emphasized by the phrase "from that very hour." This indicates that the healing was instantaneous, showcasing the power and authority of Jesus' word. It serves as a testament to the divine nature of Christ, who transcends time and space, and whose commands are executed without delay. This immediacy also reassures believers of the promptness of God's response to genuine faith.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/matthew/15.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(28) O woman, great is thy faith.--The answer of the woman changed the conditions of the problem, and therefore, we may reverently add, changed the purpose which depended on them. Here again, as in the case of the centurion, our Lord found a faith greater than He had met with in Israel. The woman was, in St. Paul's words, a child of the faith, though not of the flesh, of Abraham (<a href="/romans/4-16.htm" title="Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,">Romans 4:16</a>), and as such was entitled to its privileges. She believed in the love of God her Father, in the pity even of the Prophet who had answered her with words of seeming harshness.Be it unto thee even as thou wilt.--St. Mark adds, as spoken by our Lord, "Go thy way, the devil is gone out of thy daughter," and that when the woman went to her house, she found her child laid on the bed, calm and peace and slumber having taken the place of restless frenzy.It is obvious that the lesson of the story stretches far and wide. Wherever man or woman is by birth, or creed, or even sin, among those whom the judgment of the heirs of religious privileges counts unworthy even of the lowest of spiritual blessings, among outcasts and heirs of shame, the excommunicated and the lost, there the thought that "the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs" may bring, as it has often brought, the faith that changes despair into something not far short of the full assurance of hope.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/matthew/15.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 28. - O woman, great is thy faith. Jesus had often to complain of unbelief in his hearers; at no man's faith did he ever express surprise, except in the case of another Gentile, the centurion of Capernaum (<a href="/matthew/8-10.htm">Matthew 8:10</a>). Be it unto thee even as thou wilt. She had conquered; she gained her wish. But we must not think that Christ consented because his human feelings were overcome by her importunity, like the unjust judge in the parable, though the principle and teaching of that parable were here beautifully illustrated. He acted all the time as God, who foreknew what he would do. He had been leading her up to this climax; he had willed to give her an opportunity of exhibiting this trust and sell-command and unfailing confidence, and now he crowns her with his mighty eulogium, and grants her request, rewarding her great faith by a great mercy. Her daughter was made whole. St. Mark reports the words of Christ, "For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter." He does not say, "I will come and heal her;" he tells her that the cure is already effected. Without personal contact with the sufferer, without any command uttered to the possessing demon, by his silent will alone the wonder comes to pass. This blessing for the child was won by the mother's faith. The two points to be remarked in this marvellous history are - Christ's abnormal treatment of a suppliant, and that suppliant's astonishing faith and perseverance. Both of these subjects have been noticed in the course of the Exposition. <a href="/commentaries/matthew/15-28.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>“O Ὦ (Ō) Interjection <a href="/greek/strongs_5599.htm">Strong's 5599: </a> A primary interjection; as a sign of the vocative case, O; as a note of exclamation, oh. woman,” γύναι (gynai) Noun - Vocative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1135.htm">Strong's 1135: </a> A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife. Jesus Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2424.htm">Strong's 2424: </a> Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites. answered, ἀποκριθεὶς (apokritheis) Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_611.htm">Strong's 611: </a> From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak. “your σου (sou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. faith πίστις (pistis) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4102.htm">Strong's 4102: </a> Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness. is great! μεγάλη (megalē) Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3173.htm">Strong's 3173: </a> Large, great, in the widest sense. Let it be done γενηθήτω (genēthētō) Verb - Aorist Imperative Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1096.htm">Strong's 1096: </a> A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude. for you σοι (soi) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. as ὡς (hōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_5613.htm">Strong's 5613: </a> Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner. you desire.” θέλεις (theleis) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2309.htm">Strong's 2309: </a> To will, wish, desire, be willing, intend, design. And καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. her αὐτῆς (autēs) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Feminine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. daughter θυγάτηρ (thygatēr) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2364.htm">Strong's 2364: </a> Apparently a primary word; a female child, or descendant. was healed ἰάθη (iathē) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2390.htm">Strong's 2390: </a> To heal, generally of the physical, sometimes of spiritual, disease. Middle voice of apparently a primary verb; to cure. from ἀπὸ (apo) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_575.htm">Strong's 575: </a> From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. that τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. very ἐκείνης (ekeinēs) Demonstrative Pronoun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1565.htm">Strong's 1565: </a> That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed. hour. ὥρας (hōras) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5610.htm">Strong's 5610: </a> Apparently a primary word; an 'hour'. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/matthew/15-28.htm">Matthew 15:28 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/matthew/15-28.htm">Matthew 15:28 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/matthew/15-28.htm">Matthew 15:28 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/matthew/15-28.htm">Matthew 15:28 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/matthew/15-28.htm">Matthew 15:28 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/matthew/15-28.htm">Matthew 15:28 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/matthew/15-28.htm">Matthew 15:28 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/matthew/15-28.htm">Matthew 15:28 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/matthew/15-28.htm">Matthew 15:28 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/matthew/15-28.htm">Matthew 15:28 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/matthew/15-28.htm">NT Gospels: Matthew 15:28 Then Jesus answered her Woman great (Matt. 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