Matthew 15:26
Jeshu said to her, It is not proper to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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
25Then she came, worshipped him, and said, My Lord, help me!
Cross References
Matthew 7:6Give not the holy unto dogs, and throw not your precious stones before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Acts 22:21And he said to me, Go: for I send thee far away to preach to the Gentiles.
Galatians 2:15If we who by our nature are Jihudoyee, and are not of the Gentile sinners,
Philippians 3:2Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the cutting 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 →