This is Vilex number 97. Great is your faith. We are in Matthew chapter 15, verses 21 through 28.

God give you his peace. And no many patrice, if it's bidi too santi, amen. God, our Lord, we ask the grace that all of our

intentions, actions, and operations be directed purely to the service and praise of your divine majesty.

And no many patis, saffity, it's bidi, de santi, majesty. And Imani pati, Sifidi, speedy to Santee, amen.

And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sydon. And behold,

a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, have mercy on me, O Lord,

Son of David. My daughter is severely oppressed by a demon, but he did not answer

her a word.

And his disciples came and begged him, saying, send her away for she's crying out after us.

He answered, I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

But she came and knelt before him saying, Lord, help me.

And he answered,

It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.

She said, yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table.

Then Jesus answered her,

A woman great is your faith.

Be it done for you as you desire, and her daughter

was instantly healed. Thus are the words of the Holy Gospel. So today is one of my favorite

passages from the entire Bible. If you remember two VLXs ago, Jesus rebuked the Pharisees, and then

in our last VLX, Jesus explained to the disciples why

he rebuked the Pharisees. But today we're going to see how Jesus deals with a non-Jewish woman,

and it's really one of the clearest windows into his personality, how he will condescend in

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