Matthew 15:26
He responding said, It is not good to take the children's bread and cast it to the little dogs.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
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 continued to worship Him, saying, Lord, assist me.
27And she said, Yea, Lord: for the little dogs eat of the crumbs falling from their master's table.
Cross References
Matthew 7:6Give not that which is holy to the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest they may trample them under their feet, and having turned round tear you to pieces.
Acts 22:21And He said to me, Go: because I will send thee far away to the Gentiles.
Galatians 2:15We being Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
Philippians 3:2Beware of dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the counterfeit 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 →