Matthew 15:26

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

But {G1161} he answered {G611} and said {G2036}, It is {G2076} not {G3756} meet {G2570} to take {G2983} the children's {G5043} bread {G740}, and {G2532} to cast {G906} it to dogs {G2952}.

He answered, "It is not right to take the children's food and toss it to their pet dogs."

But Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”

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

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Cross-References

  • Mark 7:27 (14 votes)

    But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast [it] unto the dogs.

  • Mark 7:28 (14 votes)

    And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

  • Matthew 7:6 (11 votes)

    Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

  • Philippians 3:2 (8 votes)

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

  • Ephesians 2:12 (7 votes)

    That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

  • Galatians 2:15 (5 votes)

    We [who are] Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

  • Romans 9:4 (4 votes)

    Who are Israelites; to whom [pertaineth] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service [of God], and the promises;