Matthew 15:27

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

²⁶ But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.

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.

²⁹ And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.

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.

Compare

BSB: “Yes, Lord,” she said, “even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”
KJV: And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
WEB: But she said, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”
ASV: But she said, Yea, Lord: for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters` table.
DARBY: But she said, Yea, Lord; for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the table of their masters.
BLB: And she said, “Yes, Lord, for even the dogs eat from the crumbs falling from the table of their masters.”

ÅB: Men hun sa: «Det er sant, Herre! Men selv de små hundene spiser smulene som faller fra deres herrers bord.»
OTB: "Ja, Herre," sa hun, "men selv hundene spiser smulene som faller fra deres herrers bord."
B1930: Men hun sa: Det er sant, Herre! for de små hunder eter jo av de smuler som faller fra deres herrers bord.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ephesians 3:8
Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
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Luke 16:21
And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
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Romans 10:12
For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
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1 Timothy 1:13–15
Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
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Job 40:4–5
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
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Luke 15:18–19
I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
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Romans 3:29
Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
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Matthew 5:45
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
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