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26 And He answered, It is not right (proper, becoming, or fair) to take the children’s bread and throw it to the [a]little dogs.

27 She said, Yes, Lord, yet even the little pups ([b]little whelps) eat the crumbs that fall from their [young] masters’ table.

28 Then Jesus answered her, O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you wish. And her daughter was cured from that [c]moment.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 15:26 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  2. Matthew 15:27 John Wycliffe, The Wycliffe Bible.
  3. Matthew 15:28 James Moulton and George Milligan, The Vocabulary.

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