7 ²⁴ Then he left that place and went away into the territory of Tyre. He found a house to stay in, and he would have liked to remain unrecognized, but this was impossible. 7 ²⁵ Almost at once a woman whose young daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit heard of him, came in, and fell at his feet. 7 ²⁶ (She was a Gentile, a Phoenician of Syria by nationality.) She begged him to drive the spirit out of her daughter. 7 ²⁷ He said to her, 'Let the children be satisfied first; it is not fair to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.' 7 ²⁸ 'Sir,' she answered, 'even the dogs under the table eat the children's scraps.' 7 ²⁹ He said to her, 'For saying that, you may go home content; the unclean spirit has gone out of your daughter.' 7 ³⁰ And when she returned home, she found the child lying in bed; the spirit had left her.