Ort
An ort is a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
After Jesus asserts the impropriety in giving the children's food to dogs, the Syrophoenician woman counters that even dogs eat the orts from their masters' tables. Jesus is so pleased by this response that he exorcizes her daughter, as per her request. (Matthew 15:21-28; Mark 7:25-30)
"Yes, Lord," she said, "but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table." (Matthew 15:27, NASB)
Note: This painting is "Christ and the Canaanite Woman" by Sebastiano Ricci (1659-1734).
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