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Matthew 15:26

24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.

But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.

27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.

28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
KJV
But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.
WEB
But he answered, “It is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
ASV
And he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children`s bread and cast it to the dogs.
DARBY
But he answering said, It is not well to take the bread of the children and cast it to the dogs.
BLB
And answering, He said, “It is not good to take the bread of the children and to cast [it] to the dogs.”
ÅB
Men han svarte og sa: «Det er ikke rett å ta brødet fra barna og kaste det til de små hundene.»
OTB
Han svarte: "Det er ikke rett å ta barnas brød og gi det til hundene."
B1930
Men han svarte og sa: Det er ikke rett å ta brødet fra barna og kaste det for de små hunder.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Mark 7:27–28

    But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.

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  • Matthew 7:6

    Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

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  • Philippians 3:2

    Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.

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  • Ephesians 2:12

    That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

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  • Galatians 2:15

    We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

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  • Revelation 22:15

    For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

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  • Acts 22:21–22

    And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.

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  • Romans 9:4

    Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;

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