Matthew 15:26–27
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15:26“It is not right35 to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs,”36 he said.3715:27“Yes, Lord,” she replied,38 “but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”
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- 35 Grk “And answering, he said, ‘It is not right.’ ” The introductory phrase “answering, he said” has been simplified and placed at the end of the English sentence for stylistic reasons. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
- 36 Or “lap dogs, house dogs,” as opposed to dogs on the street. The diminutive form originally referred to puppies or little dogs, then to house pets. In some Hellenistic uses κυνάριον (kunarion) simply means “dog.” The term dogs does not refer to wild dogs (scavenging animals roaming around the countryside) in this context, but to small dogs taken in as house pets. It is thus not a derogatory term per se, but is instead intended by Jesus to indicate the privileged position of the Jews (especially his disciples) as the initial recipients of Jesus’ ministry. The woman’s response of faith and her willingness to accept whatever Jesus would offer pleased him to such an extent that he granted her request.
- 37 Grk “And answering, he said.” The participle ἀποκριθείς (apokritheis) is redundant and has not been translated.
- 38 Grk “she said.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
And he answered, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
“Yes it is, Lord,” she said. “Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
He answered, “It isn’t right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
“Yes, Lord,” she said, “yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”
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NLTNew Living Translation
Jesus responded, “It isn’t right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs.”
She replied, “That’s true, Lord, but even dogs are allowed to eat the scraps that fall beneath their masters’ table.”
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
And he answered and said, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs!” So she said, “Yes, Lord, for even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”
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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. And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
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