Scraps to the dog

~Matthew 15.25-28 The woman came and knelt before him. “Lord, help me!” she said.
He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
“Yes it is, Lord,” she said. “Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”
Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed at that moment.

Preceding this, verse 21 says that Jesus withdrew. Apparently he had decided a break from the ever-present crowds was in order. But, alas, he was found by another needy person. Maybe Jesus is testing her as he did in telling the crowd they were to drink his blood. But this woman is not to be put off, even by insult. The Lord rewards her persistent faith by granting her request.

The food point to note here is that the table scraps go to the pet!