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Matt. 15:27 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.

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Matt. 8:8• ⁸The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. (Matt. 8:8)

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Gen. 32:10• ¹⁰I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. (Gen. 32:10)

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Job 40:4‑5• ⁴Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
⁵Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further. (Job 40:4‑5)

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Job 42:2‑6• ²I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
³Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
⁴Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
⁵I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
⁶Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. (Job 42:2‑6)

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Psa. 51:4‑5• ⁴Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
⁵Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. (Psa. 51:4‑5)

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Ezek. 16:63• ⁶³That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God. (Ezek. 16:63)

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Dan. 9:18• ¹⁸O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. (Dan. 9:18)

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Luke 7:6‑7• ⁶Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:
⁷Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed. (Luke 7:6‑7)

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Luke 15:18‑19• ¹⁸I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
¹⁹And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. (Luke 15:18‑19)

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Luke 18:13• ¹³And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. (Luke 18:13)

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Luke 23:40‑42• ⁴⁰But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
⁴¹And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.
⁴²And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. (Luke 23:40‑42)

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Rom. 3:4,19• ⁴God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
¹⁹Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. (Rom. 3:4,19)

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1 Cor. 15:8‑9• ⁸And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
⁹For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. (1 Cor. 15:8‑9)

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1 Tim. 1:13‑15• ¹³Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
¹⁴And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
¹⁵This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. (1 Tim. 1:13‑15)

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Matt. 5:45• ⁴⁵That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. (Matt. 5:45)

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Luke 16:21• ²¹And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. (Luke 16:21)

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Rom. 3:29• ²⁹Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: (Rom. 3:29)

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Rom. 10:12• ¹²For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. (Rom. 10:12)

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Eph. 3:8,19• ⁸Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
¹⁹And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. (Eph. 3:8,19)

• She acknowledges that Israel was, in the outward ways of God, the favored people, as children eating of bread upon the table; whereas, the Gentiles were but the dogs underneath. (“Remarks on Matthew 15:21-39” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But she said, Yeal, Lord; for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the table of their masters.

JND Translation Notes

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Or else we may say "Yet" here, as admitting the truth, but pleading; nai is used for affirming what is said, but also for beseeching, as, indeed, in English we say, "Yes, do it." "Yet" seems perhaps to express this more clearly, as the admission of what Christ said is thus evident; the "but" is wanting if we say "yea." The Authorized Version avoids the difficulty discussed by all the critics by translating freely, but the "for even" of the original is lost. "Yet" thus used gives assent and obsecration, and this seems the force of nai. See Rev. 22.20, "Amen; come." If we say "Truth, Lord," we must add "yet." "Truth, Lord, [yet hear] for even." As to nai having this tacitly beseeching character, see Philemon 20, and so it is taken by many. Otherwise nai contradicts the Lord, who had said ouk, and kai gar follows naturally. And I suspect this to be the better sense. "Yes, Lord, you may do it, for even." so I have put it in the text.

W. Kelly Translation

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But she said, Yea, Lord; for even the dogs eat of the crumbs that fall from the table of their masters.