Matthew draws from Mark's accounts in many instances. There's are several interesting differences in the accounts, however, one of them being Matthew 15, when a Gentile woman asks for her daughter to be healed. Jesus responds that the children's food should not be thrown to the dogs.
In Mark, whose account is probably more accurate (being that Mark knew Jesus and worked closely with his disciples after Jesus’ death, and also because Mark is the earliest gospel account) Jesus responds, "Let us first feed the children..." (emphasis mine).
Both accounts are harsh and both accounts show Jesus learning from the Gentile woman. However, Mark's version shows a Jesus conscious of the changing paradigm (that God is not exclusively for the Jews, but for all).
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