KJV King James Version
Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Matthew 15:25
Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The woman came and knelt before Him. “Lord, help me!” she said.
WEB World English Bible
But she came and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, help me.”
ASV American Standard Version
But she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And having come, she was bowing to him, saying, ‘Sir, help me;’
Surrounding context — Matthew 15
22 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.
23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast [it] to dogs.
27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
28 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.
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Genesis 32:26And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.Hosea 12:4Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him [in] Bethel, and there he spake with us;Matthew 14:33Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.Matthew 20:31And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, [thou] Son of David.Mark 9:22And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.Mark 9:24And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.Matthew 8:2And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.Luke 18:1-8And he spake a parable unto them [to this end], that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;Luke 11:8-10I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
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