Matthew 15:26
"It is not right," He said, "to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
Weymouth NT (1912)
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 threw herself at His feet and entreated Him. "O Sir, help me," she said.
27"Be it so, Sir," she said, "for even the dogs eat the scraps which fall from their masters' tables."
Cross References
Matthew 7:6"Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor throw your pearls to the swine; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and then turn and attack you.
Acts 22:21"`Go,' He replied; `I will send you as an Apostle to nations far away.'"
Galatians 2:15You and I, though we are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners,
Philippians 3:2Beware of `the dogs,' the bad workmen, the self-mutilators.
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 →