Verse 26
26. It is not meet Not fitting. It is not in the order which God has established. Children’s bread… dogs The original is little dogs; so that with the contempt, there is a tenderness in the epithet. Yet our Lord begins to recognize in her a Gentile that may prove an Israelite indeed if fully tested. He therefore puts her in a most humble place, to see if she has an humble, though a Gentile heart.
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