Matthew 15:26
“It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs,” he said.
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- Phil 3:2 : 2 Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of those who mutilate the flesh!
- Rev 22:15 : 15 Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood!
- Matt 7:6 : 6 Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces.
- Mark 7:27-28 : 27 He said to her,“Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not right to take the children’s bread and to throw it to the dogs.” 28 She answered,“Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
- Acts 22:21-22 : 21 Then he said to me,‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’” 22 The Roman Commander Questions Paul The crowd was listening to him until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted,“Away with this man from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!”
- Rom 9:4 : 4 who are Israelites. To them belong the adoption as sons, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.
- Gal 2:15 : 15 The Justification of Jews and Gentiles We are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners,
- Eph 2:12 : 12 that you were at that time without the Messiah, alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
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25Instead, a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him and came and fell at his feet.
26The woman was a Greek, of Syrophoenician origin. She asked him to cast the demon out of her daughter.
27He said to her,“Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not right to take the children’s bread and to throw it to the dogs.”
28She answered,“Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
29Then he said to her,“Because you said this, you may go. The demon has left your daughter.”
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27“Yes, Lord,” she replied,“but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”
28Then Jesus answered her,“Woman, your faith is great! Let what you want be done for you.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.
29Healing Many Others When he left there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up a mountain, where he sat down.
- Matt 15:22-254 verses82%
22A Canaanite woman from that area came and cried out,“Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is horribly demon-possessed!”
23But he did not answer her a word. Then his disciples came and begged him,“Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us.”
24So he answered,“I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
25But she came and bowed down before him and said,“Lord, help me!”
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6Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces.
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6Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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36Send them away so that they can go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy something for themselves to eat.”
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16But he replied,“They don’t need to go. You give them something to eat.”
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4His disciples answered him,“Where can someone get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy these people?”
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16I brought him to your disciples, but they were not able to heal him.”
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