Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.” New Living Translation But Jesus gave her no reply, not even a word. Then his disciples urged him to send her away. “Tell her to go away,” they said. “She is bothering us with all her begging.” English Standard Version But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying out after us.” Berean Standard Bible But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.” Berean Literal Bible But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples having approached, were imploring Him, saying, "Dismiss her, for she cries out after us!" King James Bible But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. New King James Version But He answered her not a word. And His disciples came and urged Him, saying, “Send her away, for she cries out after us.” New American Standard Bible But He did not answer her with even a word. And His disciples came up and urged Him, saying, “Send her away, because she keeps shouting at us!” NASB 1995 But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples came and implored Him, saying, “Send her away, because she keeps shouting at us.” NASB 1977 But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples came to Him and kept asking Him, saying, “Send her away, for she is shouting out after us.” Legacy Standard Bible But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples came and were pleading with Him, saying, “Send her away, because she keeps shouting at us.” Amplified Bible But He did not say a word in answer to her. And His disciples came and asked Him [repeatedly], “Send her away, because she keeps shouting out after us.” Christian Standard Bible Jesus did not say a word to her. His disciples approached him and urged him, “Send her away because she’s crying out after us.” Holman Christian Standard Bible Yet He did not say a word to her. So His disciples approached Him and urged Him, “Send her away because she cries out after us.” American Standard Version But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. Aramaic Bible in Plain English But he did not give her an answer, and his disciples came and begged him, and they were saying, “Send her away, for she is crying after us.” Contemporary English Version Jesus did not say a word. But the woman kept following along and shouting, so his disciples came up and asked him to send her away. Douay-Rheims Bible Who answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying: Send her away, for she crieth after us: English Revised Version But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. GOD'S WORD® Translation But he did not answer her at all. Then his disciples came to him and urged him, "Send her away. She keeps shouting behind us." Good News Translation But Jesus did not say a word to her. His disciples came to him and begged him, "Send her away! She is following us and making all this noise!" International Standard Version But he didn't answer her at all. Then his disciples came up and kept urging him, "Send her away, because she keeps on screaming as she follows us." Literal Standard Version And He did not answer her a word; and His disciples having come to Him, were asking Him, saying, “Let her away, because she cries after us”; Majority Standard Bible But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.” New American Bible But he did not say a word in answer to her. His disciples came and asked him, “Send her away, for she keeps calling out after us.” NET Bible But he did not answer her a word. Then his disciples came and begged him, "Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us." New Revised Standard Version But he did not answer her at all. And his disciples came and urged him, saying, “Send her away, for she keeps shouting after us.” New Heart English Bible But he did not answer her a word. His disciples came and pleaded with him, saying, "Send her away, for she keeps shouting at us." Webster's Bible Translation But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. Weymouth New Testament But He answered her not a word. Then the disciples interposed, and begged Him, saying, "Send her away because she keeps crying behind us." World English Bible But he answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away; for she cries after us.” Young's Literal Translation And he did not answer her a word; and his disciples having come to him, were asking him, saying -- 'Let her away, because she crieth after us;' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Faith of the Canaanite Woman…22And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.” 23But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.” 24He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”… Cross References Matthew 15:22 And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon." Matthew 15:24 He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." Treasury of Scripture But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and sought him, saying, Send her away; for she cries after us. Genesis 42:7 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. Deuteronomy 8:2 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. Psalm 28:1 A Psalm of David. 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. Send. Matthew 14:15 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. Mark 10:47,48 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… Jump to Previous Begged Besought Cries Crieth Crying Disciples Dismiss Implored Interposed Jesus Keeps Shouting Urged WordJump to Next Begged Besought Cries Crieth Crying Disciples Dismiss Implored Interposed Jesus Keeps Shouting Urged WordMatthew 15 1. Jesus reproves the Scribes and Pharisees 7. for transgressing God's commandments through their own traditions; 10. teaches how that which goes into the mouth does not defile a man. 21. He heals the daughter of the woman of Canaan, 29. and other great multitudes; 32. and with seven loaves and a few small fish feeds four thousand men (23) He answered her not a word.--Two alternative views present themselves as to our Lord's action in this matter. That which has found favour with nearly all ancient and most modern interpreters assumes that from the first He had purposed to comply with her request, and spoke as He did only to test and manifest her faith. Men have been unwilling to recognise the possibility of a change of purpose in the human nature of our Lord which they, unconsciously heretical, confused with the divine, and have preferred to fall back on the supposition of a simulated harshness. The truer and more reverential course, I venture to think, is to accept the impression which, apart from any a priori theory, the facts seem naturally to make, and to see, in what passed, the prevailing power of prayer working on the sympathy of Christ, and leading Him to pass beyond the ordinary limits of His appointed work. On this assumption, it is our work to trace, with all reverence, the successive stages of the process. And first, even the silence is significant, and implies a conflict. It would have been easy to dismiss her with a word. But the tenderness which He felt towards this sufferer, as towards others, forbade that course, and yet the sense of the normal limitation of His work forbade the other. Silence was the natural outcome of the equilibrium of these conflicting motives. Send her away; for she crieth after us.--The disciples were clearly unable to enter into either of the two feelings which were thus contending for the mastery. Their words, as interpreted by our Lord's answer, were, in some sense, a plea in favour of the woman. They wished Him to grant what she asked for, and so to dismiss her. And yet we feel that their words were far harsher than their Master's silence. They wanted only to be rid of her presence, which had followed them from the streets into the house, to be freed from the loud eager cries which vexed them. Verse 23. - Answered her not a word. The woman made no specific request; she had not brought the sufferer with her, and entreated Christ to exorcise the evil influence; she did not urge him to go to her house, and by his gracious presence work a cure. Simply she tells her affliction, and lets the woeful tale plead for itself. But there was no response. The Merciful is obdurate; the Physician withholds his aid; in the face of misery, to the voice of entreaty, the Lord is silent. It is the discipline of love; he acts as though he hears not, that he may bring forth perseverance and faith. Send her away. There is some doubt concerning the feeling of the apostles in thus addressing Christ. Did they wish him to grant her virtual petition or not? On the one hand, it is urged that they were thoroughly annoyed at her importunity. They had sought for quiet' and privacy, and now this woman was bringing a crowd around them, and occasioning the very notoriety which they wished to avoid. Their Jewish prejudices, too, were aroused by this appeal from a Canaanite; they could not endure the idea that favour should be extended to this Gentile of an abhorred race; hence they desire Christ to dismiss her at once, give her a decided rejection. On the other hand, the answer of Christ to their request leads to another explanation, as if he understood them to be asking him to grant her prayer. And this is undoubtedly what they did want, though they did not presume to prescribe the manner or to beg for a miracle. They range themselves on the woman's side, not from any genuine compassion, but from mere selfishness. The ground of their appeal is, She crieth after us. The appeal had been first made in the open street, and the Canaanite had followed them, as they moved, continuing her piteous cry, and thus attracting attention to them and defeating their hope of retirement and rest. So they, for their own peace and comfort, ask Christ to grant the prayer of this obstinate suppliant: "Give her what she wants, and have done with her."Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Butδὲ (de) Conjunction Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc. [Jesus] did not answer ἀπεκρίθη (apekrithē) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 611: From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak. a word. λόγον (logon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3056: From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression. So καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. His αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. disciples μαθηταὶ (mathētai) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 3101: A learner, disciple, pupil. From manthano; a learner, i.e. Pupil. came προσελθόντες (proselthontes) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 4334: From pros and erchomai; to approach, i.e. come near, visit, or worship, assent to. [and] urged ἠρώτουν (ērōtoun) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 2065: Apparently from ereo; to interrogate; by implication, to request. Him, αὐτὸν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. “Send her away, Ἀπόλυσον (Apolyson) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular Strong's 630: From apo and luo; to free fully, i.e. relieve, release, dismiss, or let die, pardon or divorce. for ὅτι (hoti) Conjunction Strong's 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because. she keeps crying out κράζει (krazei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2896: To cry aloud, shriek. A primary verb; properly, to 'croak' or scream, i.e. to call aloud. after ὄπισθεν (opisthen) Preposition Strong's 3693: From behind, after. From opis with enclitic of source; from the rear, i.e. At the back. us.” ἡμῶν (hēmōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. 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