Matthew 15:24-27

The Faith of a Canaanite Woman

²⁴ He answered, _k "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." ²⁵ But she came and _l knelt before him, saying, "Lord, help me." ²⁶ And he answered, "It is not right to take the children's bread and _m throw it to the dogs." ²⁷ She said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat _n the crumbs that fall from their masters' table."

1. Cross References
   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.
   Matthew 10:5 - 6
   These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of the Samaritans.
   
2. Cross References
   Matthew 8:2
   And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.
   
3. Cross References
   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.
   
4. Cross References
   Luke 16:21
   Who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores.