Hi everyone. Welcome back to the logical Bible study podcast, where we do an exegesis of the gospel reading from today's Mass.

And we are up to Mark Chapter 7, verse 24 to 30, which is what you'll hear at Mass today. So as always, we'll start

by reading the passage and then we'll dive in and have a look at what it meant in its original

context, which is actually pretty important with this particular passage because this is one where Jesus

has been interpreted by many people as being quite rude and dismissive.

So, Mark Chapter 7, Jesus left Ganesaret and set out for the territory of Tyre.

There, he went into a house and did not want anyone to know he was there, but he could not

pass unrecognized.

A woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him straight away and came and

fell at his feet.

Now the woman was a pagan by birth of Cyru Phoenicianician and she begged him to cast the devil out of her

daughter and he said to her the children should be fed first because it is not fair to take the

children's food and throw it to the house dogs but she spoke up ah yes sir she, but the house dogs under the table can eat the children's scraps.

And he said to her, for saying this, you may go home happy.

The devil has gone out of your daughter.

So she went off to her home and found the child lying on the bed and the devil gone.

So let's start by the context of what has come just before this in Mark's Gospel, because that's

really important with this passage. So just before this, there was that Jesus talked about the food, the ritual law is no longer applying.

He declared all foods clean, according to Mark. So Jesus has just declared that nothing external

can defile a person. So, and that implies the strict barrier that had existed between Jews and

Gentiles no longer applies. So the barrier that used to exist between Jews and Gentiles no longer applies. So the barrier that

used to exist between Jews and Gentiles was particularly evident when a table because Jews

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