Matthew 15:27. Yea, Lord. She accepts the Lord's word and makes an argument of it.

For even, not ‘yet,' the dogs. Not as one of the children; but as a humble dependent, she asks only what falls to such: the crumbs. Possibly a reference to the pieces of bread on which, according to the ancient usage, the hands were wiped; but the usual sense is more natural. ‘She was, as it were, under the edge of the table, close on the confines of Israel's feast'. (Alford.) The woman had been earnest in gaining a hearing at all. Her answer shows a quickness of mind, approaching wit, humility also, joined with true wisdom; in her persevering faith she saw the mind of Christ even in the seemingly repulsive figure.

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