"And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. 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. And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed."
In today's quote Jesus referred to the gentile woman as a dog before, because of her faith, He miraculously healed her daughter.
We must remember that during the time of Jesus' ministry, He was teaching exclusively to His Jewish brethren. It was considered a sin for the Jews to associate with Gentiles.
Jesus' teachings would, of course, apply to even the Gentiles after He had finished His divine mission, His life, death, burial, resurrection and ascension. That divine sacrifice took away the sins of all who will believe on Him and He appointed the apostle Paul to teach His gospel to the Gentiles.
When the Philippian jailer asked Paul and Silas, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" They said, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house." (Acts 16:30-31 in part.)~
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