Matthew 15:26
and He answering said, “It is not good to take the children’s bread, and to cast to the little dogs.”
Literal Standard 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
25And having come, she was worshiping Him, saying, “Lord, help me”;
Cross References
Matthew 7:6You may not give that which is [holy] to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the pigs, that they may not trample them among their feet, and having turned—may tear you apart.
Acts 22:21and He said to me, Go, because I will send you to far-off nations.”
Galatians 2:15We by nature Jews, and not sinners of the nations,
Philippians 3:2Look out for the dogs! Look out for the evil-workers! Look out for the mutilation!
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 →