Mark 7:25-28
The Syrophoenician Woman's Faith. Soon a woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him. She came and fell at his feet. The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth, and she begged him to drive the demon out of her daughter. He said to her, "Let the children be fed first. For it is not right to take the food of the children and throw it to the dogs." She replied and said to him, "Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children's scraps."
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From what I get, Jesus is calling this woman a dog. And her response is that she says, "I may be a dog, but being a dog just give me some crumbs from what you give others." I don't understand why Jesus who loves everyone would call this woman a dog. And why Jesus tells her that her acknowledging that she is a dog is the right answer.
2007-07-04
04:57:10
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