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# I was not sent to anyone
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "God did not send me to anyone" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# to the lost sheep of the house of Israel
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This is a metaphor comparing the entire nation of Israel to sheep who have strayed from their shepherd. See how you translated this in [Matthew 10:6](../10/05.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# she came
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"the Canaanite woman came"
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# bowed down before him
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This shows that the woman is humbling herself before Jesus. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]])
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# It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs
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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]])
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# the children's bread
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Here "bread" refers to food in general. AT: "the children's food" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# the little dogs
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The Jews considered dogs to be unclean animals. Here they are used as an image for non-Jews. |