But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread and cast it to the dogs.
WEB
But Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
YLT
and he answering said, `It is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast to the little dogs.'
DBT
But he answering said, It is not well to take the bread of the children and cast it to the dogs.
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New TestamentMatthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.
- Author
- Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
- Date
- c. AD 50–60