MDMD(8) Christ's true Pity

[Schwitterz]

Vaska Tumir wrote:

> Wish I had a Bible on me, but for those of you who know your New Testament
> better than I, this will come as no surprise.  Remember the little episode
> in one of the Gospels where a non-Jewish woman walks up to Jesus and pleads
> with him to save her dying child?  His first reaction is to shoo her off as
> a "dog" -- since she's not one of the chosen people [according to the
> commentaries on the episode I've read, the term was a standard contemporary
> Jewish slur on the members of other nations].  When she reminds him that
> even dogs are granted scraps and crumbs from the master's table, Jesus
> relents and heals the child.

If you find a Bible, I'd like a reference for this incident.  I'd be very
surprised to find this incident recorded in the Gospels.

Schwitterz

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