Matthew 15:26
And responding, he said, “It is not good to take the bread of the children and cast it to the dogs.”
Catholic Public Domain 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 she approached and adored him, saying, “Lord, help me.”
Cross References
Matthew 7:6Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not cast your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they may trample them under their feet, and then, turning, they may tear you apart.
Acts 22:21And he said to me, ‘Go forth. For I am sending you to far away nations.’”
Galatians 2:15By nature, we are Jews, and not of the Gentiles, sinners.
Philippians 3:2Beware of dogs; beware of those who work evil; beware of those who are divisive.
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 →