Matthew 15:26
And having answered, he said, It is not right to take the children's bread and cast it to the house dogs.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.
In Context
25But having come, she worshiped him, saying, Lord, help me.
Cross References
Matthew 7:6Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, lest they trample them by their feet, and having turn back may lacerate you.
Acts 22:21And he said to me, Depart, because I will send thee far away to Gentiles.
Galatians 2:15We are Jews by nature and not sinful men of the Gentiles,
Philippians 3:2Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workmen, beware of the excision.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 15:22-29
The Canaanite's Daughter Healed. 21 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. 23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. 24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25 Then came… Read the whole commentary →