These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.(Matthew 15:20)

Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.(Matthew 15:21)

And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.(Matthew 15:22)

But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.(Matthew 15:24)

Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.(Matthew 15:25)

But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.(Matthew 15:26)

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Matthew 15:23 - Cross Reference

Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. (Lamentations 3:8)

Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. (Psalm 28:1)

And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. (Genesis 42:7)

And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me. (Mark 10:47)

And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. (Deuteronomy 8:2)

And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. (Matthew 14:15)