KJV ORIGINAL
But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
But Jesus told her, 'Let the children eat first — it wouldn't be right to take the kids' food and throw it to the dogs.'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Jesus was testing her heart, not rejecting it — sometimes the deepest faith shows up in our response to the hardest moments.
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