TheWay BibleHome›Bible›Matthew›Matthew 15›Matthew 15:26
Matthew 15:26 KJV
Matthew · chapter 15 · verse 26
But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.Matthew 15:26 · King James Version
Matthew 15:26 in context
24But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto 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 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.
Commentary
Cross references
Key words (Strong's)
- children'steknonoffspring, children, child, a male child, a son, metaph., the name transferred to that…G5043 →
- answeredapokrinomaito give an answer to a question proposed, to answer, to begin to speak, but always where…G611 →
- breadartosfood composed of flour mixed with water and baked, the Israelites made it in the form of…G740 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
- meetkalosbeautiful, handsome, excellent, eminent, choice, surpassing, precious, useful, suitable…G2570 →
- takelambanōto take, to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it, to…G2983 →
Keep reading in TheWay Bible App
Read, study, memorize, journal, and pray — tap any word for its Greek or Hebrew definition, save verses to memorize, and keep a journal. Free on the web and iOS.
We have here that famous story of Christ's casting the devil out of the woman of Canaan's daughter; it has something in it singular and very surprising, and which looks favourably upon the poor Gentiles, and is an earnest of the mercy which Christ had in store for them.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-28