26He replied, "It is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to their dogs."


In Context

23 Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, "Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us."

24 He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel."

25 The woman came and knelt before him. "Lord, help me!" she said.

26 He replied, "It is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to their dogs."

27 "Yes, Lord," she said, "but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table."

28 Then Jesus answered, "Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted." And her daughter was healed from that very hour.

Matthew 15:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:26But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast [it] to dogs.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:26Who answering, said: It is not good to take the bread of the children, and to cast it to the dogs.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:26And he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:26But he answering said, It is not well to take the bread of the children and cast it to the dogs.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:26And he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:26But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:26But he answered, |It is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:26and he answering said, 'It is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast to the little dogs.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:26But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.