Matthew 15:26
Who answering, said: It is not good to take the bread of the children, and to cast it to the dogs.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 adored him, saying: Lord, help me.
Cross References
Matthew 7:6Give not that which is holy to dogs; neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turning upon you, they tear you.
Acts 22:21And he said to me: Go, for unto the Gentiles afar off, will I send thee.
Galatians 2:15We by nature are Jews, and not of the Gentiles sinners.
Philippians 3:2Beware of dogs, beware of 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 →