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Matthew 15:26

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26And he answered and* said, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it* to the dogs!”

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Footnotes

  1. *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he answered, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He answered, “It isn’t right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Jesus responded, “It isn’t right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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