Matthew 15:26
But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
Webster Bible
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 came she and worshiped him, saying, Lord, help me.
27And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crums which fall from their master's table.
Cross References
Matthew 7:6Give not that which is holy to dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Acts 22:21And he said to me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence to the Gentiles.
Galatians 2:15We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
Philippians 3:2Beware of dogs, beware of 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 →