Matthew 15:26
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.””
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“But Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread and cast it to the dogs.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and he answering said, `It is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast to the little dogs.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 15:26 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 7:6Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.
- Mark 7:27“First let the children have their fill,” He said. “For it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
- Acts 22:21Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
- Romans 9:4the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.
- Galatians 2:15We who are Jews by birth and not Gentile “sinners”
- Ephesians 2:12remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
- Philippians 3:2Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!
- Revelation 22:15But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
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