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Mark 7
>24 Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre.[g] He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence secret.
>25 In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an impure spirit came and fell at his feet.
>26 The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.
>27 “First let the children eat all they want,” he told her, “for it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
>28 “Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
>29 Then he told her, “For such a reply, you may go; the demon has left your daughter.”
>30 She went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.

So the woman should not have come to Him, this is why He did not respond to her at first.
The metaphor is meant to explain Jesus' ministry, i.e. that he cannot proselytize to everyone, as he only has enough time for the jews of Israel. As in the metaphor, you should not take your child's food and give it to the pet dog, because then your child would starve. The jews were the priority, because they had been given the old covenant, and thus were the ones to whom the Messiah was prophesied to come. Of course, it is to be understood through the metaphor, that the little dog is not left to starve.

On one final note, as proof that this has nothing to do with racial superiority, here is a passage from Matthew 27 about the jews which deny Jesus:
>24 When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “It is your responsibility!”
>25 All the people answered, “His blood is on us and on our children!”

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