Matthew 15:26
He answered and said: It is not good to take the children’s bread, and throw it to the little dogs.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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 she came and did him homage, saying: Lord, help me.
Cross References
Matthew 7:6Give not that which is holy to dogs, nor throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and tear you.
Acts 22:21And he said to me, Depart, for I will send you far off to the Gentiles.
Galatians 2:15We, who are Jews by birth, and not Gentile sinners,
Philippians 3:2Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the concision.
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 →