But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. Treasury of Scripture It is not. Matthew 7:6 Give not that which is holy to the dogs, neither cast you your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet... Mark 7:27,28 But Jesus said to her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to the dogs... Acts 22:21,22 And he said to me, Depart: for I will send you far hence to the Gentiles... Romans 9:4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertains the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God... Galatians 2:15 We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, Ephesians 2:12 That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise... Philippians 3:2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision. Revelation 22:15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and fornicators, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoever loves and makes a lie. dogs. [Tois kunarion,] 'to the little dogs,' lap dogs, etc. the diminutive of [kuon,] a dog. The Jews, while they boasted of being the children of God, gave the name of dogs to the heathen, for their idolatry, etc.
Context The Faith of the Canaanite Woman
21Then Jesus went there, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. 22And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried to him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, you son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. 23But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and sought him, saying, Send her away; for she cries after us. 24But he answered and said, I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. 26But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. 27And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. 28Then Jesus answered and said to her, O woman, great is your faith: be it to you even as you will. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
And he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Who answering, said: It is not good to take the bread of the children, and to cast it to the dogs.
Darby Bible Translation
But he answering said, It is not well to take the bread of the children and cast it to the dogs.
King James Bible
But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
Young's Literal Translation
and he answering said, 'It is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast to the little dogs.'
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