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But he replied and said, "It is written, 'It is not by bread alone that a man lives, except by every word that issues from the mouth of God

The Gospel According to Matthew 4:4

The Gospel According to Mark 7;25-29

All commentary and study notes are prefaced/edited by Dr. Riktor Von Zhades

25 For a certain woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came, and fell at his feet, 26 (And the woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phoenician by nation) and she besought him that he would cast out the devil out of her daughter. 27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be fed: for it is not good to take the children’s bread, and to cast it unto whelps. 28 Then she answered, and said unto him, Truth, Lord: yet indeed the whelps eat under the table of the children’s crumbs. 29 Then he said unto her, For this saying go thy way: the devil is gone out of thy daughter.

Brethren:

Herein again we see the power of faith in action. The woman, a pagan at that, recognized Jesus as Lord, and sought Him out, believing that only He could do what needed to be done. She spoke boldly in faith and with the knowledge that what she asked for she would receive.

How often my brethren do we pray, and hope, yet do not receive? Was it not the Apostle James that wrote that we should ask in faith and belief, and not doubt, as then we are double minded and unstable in our unbelief? (Read James 1:4-8)

Henceforth friends, let us ask for all things in the expection that they will (according to His will) be given unto us. - Dr. RVZ

“This woman who has burst into the house and now lies at Jesus’ feet pleading for help, is a Gentile, the lowest of the low for a devout Jewish man. Yet way the story [unfolds and] concludes, Jesus will not reject this woman. This verdict about the children and the dogs is not the final word. She wonderfully has, by listening to his words; looking into his face; and asking him for mercy [has received it].” - Source - A Ransom for Many