Matthew 15:26
Jesus said to her: It is not proper, to take the bread of the children and throw it to the dogs.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 she came, and worshipped him, and said: Help me, my Lord.
Cross References
Matthew 7:6Give not a holy thing to dogs: and cast not your pearls before swine; lest they tread them under their feet, and turn and lacerate you.
Acts 22:21But he said to me: Depart; for I send thee afar, to preach to the Gentiles.
Galatians 2:15For if we, who are Jews by nature, and are not sinners of the Gentiles,
Philippians 3:2Beware of dogs; beware of evil doers; beware of the clipped in 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 →