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Matthew 15:26
Matthew 15:26 is verse 26 of Matthew chapter 15, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
But Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
King James Version
But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.
World English Bible
But he answered, “It is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
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Matthew 15:24–28 · Berean Standard Bible
24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
25 The woman came and knelt before Him. “Lord, help me!” she said.
26 But Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
27 “Yes, Lord,” she said, “even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”
28 “O woman,” Jesus answered, “your faith is great! Let it be done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Matthew 7:6Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.
Mark 7:27“First let the children have their fill,” He said. “For it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
Mark 7:28“Yes, Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
Acts 22:21Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
Acts 22:22The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”
Romans 9:4the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.
Galatians 2:15We who are Jews by birth and not Gentile “sinners”
Ephesians 2:12remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
Philippians 3:2Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!
Revelation 22:15But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.