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Matthew 15:26 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast {it} to dogs.”

Matthew 15:26

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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.

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But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast {it} to dogs.

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And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.

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Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great {is} thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

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