TRIV What did Jesus call the Canaanite woman who asked for help in Matthew 15?

The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness. Isaiah 43:20

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What did Jesus call the Canaanite woman who asked for help in Matthew 15?


A dog

Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. Matthew 15:22
A woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. ... Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. Matthew 15:22

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