In the third exorcism account in the Gospel in Mark 7:24–30, the story about the Syrophoenician woman whose little daughter is possessed by an unclean spirit, Jesus even evicts the spirit from afar, without ever going to visit the sick child. There is no need for Jesus to go and confront the demon face to face; Jesus’s word is sufficient. It is the faith of the woman and her insistence that Jesus help her daughter that wins her the day.
