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Matthew 15:21–39 and the Church’s Mission to the Outsider Matthew 15:21–39 is not merely a story about one desperate mother and one miraculous meal. It is a passage about boundaries, faith, compassion, and the widening table of Jesus. Jesus withdraws to the region of Tyre and Sidon. This is not the heartland of Galilean Jewish…
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One day, a woman refused to take “no” for an answer from Jesus. The Canaanite woman only wanted help for her daughter. She avoided the niceties of traditional greetings and came with desperation to Jesus blurting out the problem and request. She’s rather take the crumbs than go away.
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