Matthew 15:27

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Summary

Matthew 15:27

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

Truth

Yet

Ephesians 3:8

Bible References

Truth

“Lord,” the centurion replied, “I am not worthy to have You come under my roof. But only say the word, and my servant will be cured.

I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, I crossed over this Jordan with my staff, and now I have become two camps.

I am so insignificant. How can I answer You?
I place my hand over my mouth.

I know that You can do anything
and no plan of Yours can be thwarted.

Against You—You alone—I have sinned
and done this evil in Your sight.
So You are right when You pass sentence;
You are blameless when You judge.

so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed, and never open your mouth again because of your disgrace.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

Listen, my God, and hear. Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city called by Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You based on our righteous acts, but based on Your abundant compassion.

Jesus went with them, and when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to tell Him, “Lord, don’t trouble Yourself, since I am not worthy to have You come under my roof.

I’ll get up, go to my father, and say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight.

“But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes to heaven but kept striking his chest

and saying, ‘God, turn Your wrath from me

—a sinner!’

But the other answered, rebuking him: “Don’t you even fear God, since you are undergoing the same punishment?

Absolutely not! God must be true, even if everyone is a liar, as it is written:

That You may be justified in Your words
and triumph when You judge.

Last of all, as to one abnormally born,

He also appeared to me.

one who was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I received mercy because I acted out of ignorance in unbelief.

Yet

so that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. For He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

He longed to be filled with what fell from the rich man’s table, but instead the dogs would come and lick his sores.

Or is God for Jews only? Is He not also for Gentiles? Yes, for Gentiles too,

for there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, since the same Lord of all is rich to all who call on Him.

This grace was given to me—the least of all the saints—to proclaim to the Gentiles the incalculable riches of the Messiah,