Matthew 15:27
But she said, Even so, my Lord; yet the dogs eat from the crumbs that fall from the tables of their masters, and live.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
In Context
26Jeshu said to her, It is not proper to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.
Cross References
Matthew 5:45That you may be the children of your Father who is in heaven, who causeth his sun to arise on the good and on the evil, and who sendeth showers on the just and on the unjust.
Luke 7:6And Jeshu went with them. But when he was not greatly distant from the house, the centurion sent to him his friends, saying to him, My Lord, labour not, for I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter beneath my roof.
Luke 16:21and desired to fill his belly with the crumbs which fell from the table of that rich. And also the dogs came and licked his wounds.
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 →