Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 15:28

"Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it done unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was healed from that hour." — Matthew 15:28 (ASV)

Our Savior loves great faith and grants to it whatever it desires. Her faith was great, comparatively, for a Gentile woman and for one who knew so little of the Savior; she was surpassingly strong in faith. But her faith was not only great comparatively; it was great positively.

To believe in a silent Christ, in one who treats her with a rebuff, in one who calls her a dog, is exceedingly great faith, measure it how you will. Few of us have a tenth as much faith in our Lord as this woman had. To believe that He can cure her daughter at once and to cling to Him for that blessing is faith that causes even the Lord to marvel, and He cries, “O woman, great is your faith!”

How splendid the reward: “Be it unto you even as you will!” According to her will, her daughter’s cure was immediate, perfect, and enduring. Oh, for such precious faith, especially for such faith in reference to our sons and daughters! Why should we not have it? Jesus is the same, and we have even more reasons for trusting in Him than the Canaanitess could have had. Lord, we believe; help our unbelief, and make our children whole.

Be it to you even as you wish. And her daughter made whole from that very hour.

It was as she wished, and she went home to glorify the Christ, and to tell everybody how her prayer to him had succeeded.

Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith:

He seems quite amazed at the woman's faith, but he admires it, and exclaimed, O woman, great is thy faith.

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.

Oh, the triumph of faith! God grant it to us! Yet this woman may surely shame many of us; we have not half her discouragements, and we have not half her confidence in Christ.

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.

Write, sir, out a blank check; she may fill it in just as she likes. There is no limit to what God will give to an unlimited faith.

If we limit our faith, then we limit the Holy One of Israel.

And Jesus departed from thence. He had done his business; he is always on the move but loiters never.