# Matthew 15.26

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**Book:** [Matthew](/codex/matthew-the-apostle/) · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 24. But he answered and said, <span class="rl-speech">I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.</span> 25. <span class="rl-speech">But she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.</span>
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> **26. And he answered and said, <span class="rl-speech">It is not meet to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.</span>**
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> 27. But she said, Yea, Lord: for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. 28. Then Jesus answered and said unto her, <span class="rl-speech">O woman, great is thy faith: be it done unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was healed from that hour.</span> (Matthew 15:24-28, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 24. But he answered, <span class="rl-speech">“I wasn’t sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”</span> 25. But she came and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, help me.”
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> **26. But he answered, <span class="rl-speech">“It is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”</span>**
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> 27. But she said, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.” 28. Then Jesus answered her, <span class="rl-speech">“Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you desire.”</span> And her daughter was healed from that hour. (Matthew 15:24-28, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 24. But he answered and said, <span class="rl-speech">I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.</span> 25. <span class="rl-speech">Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.</span>
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> **26. But he answered and said, <span class="rl-speech">It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.</span>**
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> 27. And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. 28. Then Jesus answered and said unto her, <span class="rl-speech">O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.</span> (Matthew 15:24-28, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 24. and he answering said, <span class="rl-speech">'I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.'</span> 25. And having come, she was bowing to him, saying, 'Sir, help me;'
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> **26. and he answering said, <span class="rl-speech">'It is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast to the little dogs.'</span>**
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> 27. And she said, 'Yes, sir, for even the little dogs do eat of the crumbs that are falling from their lords' table;' 28. then answering, Jesus said to her, <span class="rl-speech">'O woman, great [is] thy faith, let it be to thee as thou wilt;'</span> and her daughter was healed from that hour. (Matthew 15:24-28, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** Matthew (traditionally) the tax-collector-apostle / narrator + Jesus's direct teaching
- **Audience:** Jewish-Christian audience (heavy OT-fulfillment emphasis)
- **Location:** first-century Palestine (events); possibly Antioch (composition)
- **Time period:** events c. 4 BC, AD 30/33; composed c. AD 60-80

## Theological reading

## Key words

_No Strong's-tagged lexicon matches found in this passage. (Lexicon coverage is curated, ~159 of the most apologetically-loaded Greek/Hebrew terms.)_

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Gentiles Cannot Be Saved Objection Defeater](/codex/gentiles-cannot-be-saved-objection-defeater/), via [Matthew 15.21-28](/codex/matthew-15-21-28/), [Matthew 15.25-28](/codex/matthew-15-25-28/), [Matthew 15.26-27](/codex/matthew-15-26-27/)
- [Jesus Came Only for Israel Objection Defeater](/codex/jesus-came-only-for-israel-objection-defeater/)

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Matthew 15](/codex/matthew-15/)
- [The Devil](/codex/the-devil/), via [Matthew 15.21-28](/codex/matthew-15-21-28/)

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