God's Delays in Answering Prayer
Matthew 15:21-28
Then Jesus went there, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.…


1. To try our faith.

2. To foster humility.

3. To intensify desire after the blessings we request.

4. To enhance the joy of success when the answer is vouchsafed.

5. Blessed are they that wait for Him.

(C. M. Merry.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.

WEB: Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.




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