"When JESUS left that place, HE went to the border of the Tyrian country. There, HE entered a house, and did not want anyone to know HE was there; but HE could not remain hidden. A woman, whose small daughter had an evil spirit, heard of HIM, and came and fell at HIS feet. Now this woman was a pagan, a Syrophoenician by birth, and she begged HIM to drive the demon out of her daughter.
JESUS told her, 'Let the children be fed first, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the puppies.' But she replied, 'Sir, even the puppies under the table eat the crumbs from the children's bread.' Then JESUS said to her, 'You may go your way; because of such a response, the demon has gone out of your daughter.' And when the woman went home, she found her child lying in bed, and the demon gone." - Mark 7:24-30
(Although JESUS came to save all, HIS FATHER desired that HE does not go beyond HIS own country. Nevertheless, on certain occasions HE encountered pagans, and more than once admired their simplicity and faith.
The Jews usually looked down on pagans with marked contempt: they were the sons; the pagans were the dogs. JESUS answered the afflicted woman repeating this well-known scornful saying. HE said this to test the woman's faith: would she insist when it appeared that even GOD would reject her?)
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