Then the woman came to Jesus again. She bowed before Jesus and said, “Lord, help me!”
Matthew 15:26 - Easy To Read Version Jesus answered, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and give it to the dogs.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And He answered, It is not right (proper, becoming, or fair) to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs. American Standard Version (1901) And he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread and cast it to the dogs. Common English Bible He replied, “It is not good to take the children’s bread and toss it to dogs.” Catholic Public Domain Version And responding, he said, "It is not good to take the bread of the children and cast it to the dogs." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who answering, said: It is not good to take the bread of the children, and to cast it to the dogs. |
Then the woman came to Jesus again. She bowed before Jesus and said, “Lord, help me!”
The woman said, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the pieces of food that fall from their master’s table.”
“Don’t give holy things to dogs. They will only turn and hurt you. And don’t throw your pearls to pigs. They will only step on them.
They are the people of Israel. {\cf2\super [73]} Those people (the Jews) are God’s chosen children. Those people have the glory of God and the agreements that God made between himself and his people. God gave them the law \{of Moses\} and the \{temple\} worship. And God gave his promises to those people (the Jews).
Remember that in the past you were without Christ. You were not citizens of Israel. {\cf2\super [11]} And you did not have the agreements {\cf2\super [12]} with the promise \{that God made to his people\}. You had no hope, and you did not know God.
Be careful of those people who do evil. They are like dogs. They demand to cut {\cf2\super [15]} the body.
Outside the city are the dogs (bad people), people who do evil magic, people who sin sexually, people who murder, people who worship idols, {\cf2\super [175]} and people who love lies and tell lies.