But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.
 

7:27 unto the dogs. The “dogs” under the table (Mark 7:28) were understood to be small household pets. On the reasons for the seeming harshness of Jesus’ reply to this Gentile woman, see note on Matthew 15:24.

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