Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.
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Matthew 7:6
"Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.
Matthew 10:5
These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of the Samaritans,
Matthew 15:23
But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away, for she is crying out after us."
Acts 22:21
And he said to me, 'Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"
Romans 15:8
For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God's truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs,
Ephesians 2:12
remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
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Luke 15:31
And he said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.