Matthew 15:26
But he answering said, It is not proper to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
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, and worshiped him, saying, Lord, help me!
27And she said, True, Lord: yet even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master’s table.
Cross References
Matthew 7:6Give not that which is holy to dogs, nor cast pearls before swine; lest they tread them under foot, and turning round tear you.
Acts 22:21And he said to me, Go: for I will send thee forth to the Gentiles afar off.
Galatians 2:15We who are Jews by descent, and not sinners sprung from Gentiles,
Philippians 3:2Beware of dogs, beware of the malicious labourers, beware of the concision.
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 →