Matthew 15:26

Matthew chapter 15 · verse 26 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

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

v.26This passage

v.27But she said, Yea, Lord: for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Galatians 2:15

    We being Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

  • Ephesians 2:12

    that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

  • Acts 22:21

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

  • Philippians 3:2

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

  • Mark 7:27

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

  • Romans 9:4

    who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;