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Matthew 15:25 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. "
Matthew 15:25
Verse in Context
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23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
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Matthew 15:1
"Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,"
Matthew 15:2
"Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread."
Matthew 15:3
"But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?"
Matthew 15:4
"For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death."
Matthew 15:5
"But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;"
Matthew 15:6
"And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition."
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