What did the woman answer after Jesus spoke about giving bread to the dogs?
The woman answered, 'Truth, Lord, yet the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table.' She acknowledged His statement but pointed out that even dogs receive crumbs from their master's table. She did not give up, showing her persistent application of the analogy.
Les explains that the woman was a Gentile who first addressed Jesus as 'Lord' and said, 'Lord, help me.' When Jesus answered that it is not meet to take the children's bread and cast it to dogs—the children being the Jews and the dogs being Gentiles—she did not give up. Les likes her application: she replied, 'Truth Lord, yet the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table.' Les illustrates this with a little house dog that would sit beside him while he ate, waiting for a crumb to fall. The analogy shows that although the primary blessing belonged to Israel, a Gentile could still receive crumbs from the master's table.
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How did the Canaanite woman respond when Jesus said it wasn't right to give the children's bread to dogs?
The woman did not give up; she answered Jesus by pointing out that even dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table, and Les liked that application.