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It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs
Jesus responds to the woman with a proverb. The basic meaning is that it is not right to take what is supposed to belong to Jews and give it to non-Jews. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-proverbs)
the children's bread
Here "bread" refers to food in general. Alternate translation: "the children's food" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)
the little dogs
The Jews considered dogs to be unclean animals. Here they are used as an image for non-Jews.