Matthew 15:26
But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.
KJV
ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν· οὐκ ἔξεστιν λαβεῖν τὸν ἄρτον τῶν τέκνων καὶ βαλεῖν τοῖς κυναρίοις.
Greek NT
Qui respondens ait : Non est bonum sumere panem filiorum, et mittere canibus.
Vulgate
And he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread and cast it to the dogs.
ASV
Who answering, said: It is not good to take the bread of the children, and to cast it to the dogs.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
βάλλω
ballo
verb · 125×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κυνάριον
kunarion
noun · 4×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λαμβάνω
lambano
verb · 259×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
τέκνον
teknon
noun · 99×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
ἄρτος
artos
noun · 97×
ἔξεστι
exesti
verb · 32×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Homilies on Matthew · 2 passages
2. Having then come unto Him, she says nothing else, but Have mercy on me, and by her cry brings about them many spectators. For indeed it was a pitiful spectacle to see a woman crying aloud in so great affliction, and that woman a mother, and entreating for a daughter, and for a daughter in such evil case: she not even venturing to bring into the Master's sight her that was po…
2. Since however they still spoke of the multitude merely, and the place, and the wilderness (for whence, it is said, should we have in a wilderness so many loaves, as to fill so great a multitude?); and not even so understood what He said, He proceeds to contribute His own part, and says unto them, How many loaves do you have? And they say, Seven, and a few little fishes. Matt…
Homilies on the Gospel of John · 2 passages
1. In preaching the word there is some toil, and this Paul declares when he says, Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine. 1 Timothy 5:17 Yet it is in your power to make this labor light or heavy; for if you reject our words, or if without actually rejecting them you do not show them forth in your works…
1. As wealth is wont to hurl into destruction those who are not heedful, so also is power; the first leads into covetousness, the second into pride. See, for instance, how the subject multitude of the Jews is sound, and their rulers corrupt; for that the first of these believed Christ, the Evangelists continually assert, saying, that many of the multitude believed on Him John 7…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210219.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
1. Paul is wont to establish many things incidently, and is very full of thoughts. For such is the grace of The Spirit. He does not comprehend a few ideas in a multitude of words, but includes great and manifold thought in brevity of expressions. Observe at least how, in the midst of exhortation, and when discoursing about faith, of what a type and mystery he reminds us, whereo…
Cross-references
- 2Sam 9:8 — And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
- Acts 22:21 — And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
- Eph 2:12 — That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
- Gal 2:15 — We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
- Isa 56:3 — Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
- Mark 7:27 — But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.
- Matt 7:6 — Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
- Matt 7:6 — Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
- Matt 8:8 — The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
- Phil 3:2 — Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
- Rev 22:15 — For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
- Rom 9:4 — Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;