Matthew 15:24. I was not sent, etc. His personal mission was only to the Jews, as their previous mission had been (chap. Matthew 10:5-6). The exceptions all pointed to the future spiritual significance of the phrase: house of Israel . This answer might suggest to the disciples: ‘Is not such a one really a daughter of the spiritual Israel, though a woman of Canaan.' It was not a refusal, but a postponement, to educate her faith and -train the disciples for their world-wide mission.

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