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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
In that exact same parable, he also referred to Jews as sheep.
The Bible is full of metaphors that can't be taken at face value. If you did, all humans would be sub-humans. There are things in English that were said 100 years ago that would be racial slurs today. I feel like the further back you go, the less we should take things literally.
In the context of the parable, he wasn't calling all gentiles dogs. He was using the metaphor to ask the question; "Is it right to help a non-believer with a spiritual need, when the believers are also asking for help, and there is only so much time to help everyone". The metaphor was asking, "Is it OK to give food to a dog while your own sheep starve?".
The woman ended up convincing Jesus that, yes, you should help others regardless. That if you want someone to be a believer, you should treat them as equals first. That was the lesson of the story.
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So don't do something good because it's the right thing to do, do it because you want something from them(conversion). Nice lesson.