Matthew 15:26
But Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
Majority Standard Bible
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
25The woman came and knelt before Him. “Lord, help me!” she said.
27“Yes, Lord,” she said, “even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”
Cross References
Matthew 7:6Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.
Acts 22:21Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
Galatians 2:15We who are Jews by birth and not Gentile “sinners”
Philippians 3:2Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!
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 →