Party there, Jesus went to the parts of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman who came from those regions, he shouted: "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David. My daughter is tormented by a demon." But he answered her not a word.
Then the disciples came and urged him, "Send her away, as cries behind us."
But he said: "I was sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." But that came and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, help me." And he said: "It is good to take the children's bread and cast it to dogs." "Yes, Lord," said the woman, but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table. " Then Jesus replied, "O woman, great is your faith! Do you wish will come." And from that moment her daughter was healed.
Matthew, 15.21 to 28
It 's a Gospel passage that makes me think, Jesus apparently a severe, that does not listen to the first plea for help from a woman, Canaanite, then a pagan land, with customs and traditions different from those Jewish idolaters (worshiping god Baal, including zebub Baal, Baal-zebub, then for the Jews became Beelzebub, another name for Satan), then compared to a "dog". Then Jesus, who always reads the hearts of men (and can not have prejudices), he knew what was in the heart of this woman. The hardness then, in my opinion, it may be a request for a trial of purification, which she accomplished through a great act of humility (is willing to accept the crumbs of bread) that can transmit only the sincere faith ..
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