Church of the Resurrection Insights Blog Matthew 15: 22-29 (scroll down for scripture text) In this story Jesus says some pretty shocking things. This picture of Jesus, rejecting a mother pleading for her child, stops us in our tracks. It could have been left out of scripture altogether. Yet both gospels of Mark and Matthew include it. Why include an account of Jesus being rude, even hurtful? It helps to know the back story: Jesus is a Jew and Jews had entered Canaan and conq