Matthew 15:26
But he answered, “It is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
World English Bible Classic
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 worshiped him, saying, “Lord, help me.”
27But she said, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”
Cross References
Matthew 7:6“Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
Acts 22:21“He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’”
Galatians 2:15“We, being Jews by nature and not Gentile sinners,
Philippians 3:2Beware of the dogs; beware of the evil workers; beware of the false circumcision.
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 →