context... mark 7... Jesus & "religious" differ

Almost as if to emphasize how little regard Jesus held for the Pharisees unbiblical understanding of human sin and righteous, Mark recounts that Jesus will leave Israel and preach the gospel to the Gentiles in the region to the north of Israel (what is now Southern Lebanon).
And here among the Gentiles–regarded as unclean by the Pharisees–Jesus will find a woman of faith, whose response to Jesus stands in complete contrast to the unbelief and hardness of heart of the Pharisees and teachers of the law. --Kim Riddlebarger