20 These contaminate a person in God’s sight. But eating without washing hands doesn’t contaminate in God’s sight."
21 From there, Jesus went to the regions of Tyre and Sidon.
22 A Canaanite woman from those territories came out and shouted, "Show me mercy, Son of David. My daughter is suffering terribly from demon possession."
23 But he didn’t respond to her at all. His disciples came and urged him, "Send her away; she keeps shouting out after us."
24 Jesus replied, "I’ve been sent only to the lost sheep, the people of Israel."
25 But she knelt before him and said, "Lord, help me."
26 He replied, "It is not good to take the children’s bread and toss it to dogs."