Matthew 15:26
And he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread and cast it to the dogs.
Revised Version 1895
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
25But she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
27But she said, Yea, Lord: for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
Cross References
Matthew 7:6Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you.
Acts 22:21And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee forth far hence unto the Gentiles.
Galatians 2:15We being Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
Philippians 3:2Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, 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 →