Matthew 15:27
She replied: Yes, Lord; and yet thou canst help me; for the little dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the table of their masters.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
In Context
26He answered and said: It is not good to take the children’s bread, and throw it to the little dogs.
Cross References
Matthew 5:45that you may be the sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun to rise upon the evil and the good, and causes it to rain on the just and on the unjust.
Luke 7:6And Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, and said to him: Lord, give thyself no trouble; for I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof.
Luke 16:21and he would gladly have been fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. And even the dogs came and licked his sores.
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 →