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


In Context

23 And he did not answer her a word; and his disciples having come to him, were asking him, saying — 'Let her away, because she crieth after us;'

24 and he answering said, 'I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.'

25 And having come, she was bowing to him, saying, 'Sir, help me;'

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

27 And she said, 'Yes, sir, for even the little dogs do eat of the crumbs that are falling from their lords' table;'

28 then answering, Jesus said to her, 'O woman, great is thy faith, let it be to thee as thou wilt;' and her daughter was healed from that 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:26He replied, "It is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to their 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 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.