and appealed to him, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Come, lay your hands on her, so that she may get well and live!"

And he said to her, "My daughter, it is your faith that has cured you. Go in peace and be free from your disease."

Even as he spoke people came from the house of the leader of the synagogue and said, "Your daughter is dead. Why should you trouble the Master any further?"

Herodias' own daughter came in and danced for them. And Herod and his guests were delighted, and the king said to the girl,

but a woman whose little daughter was possessed by a foul spirit immediately heard about him and came and threw herself at his feet.

Now the woman was a Greek, of Syrophoenician birth. And she begged him to drive the demon out of her daughter.

He said to her, "If you can say that, go home; the demon has left your daughter."