^{23 Ref} And he did not answer her a word; and his disciples having come to him, were asking him, saying -- `Let her away, because she crieth after us;'

^{24 Ref} and he answering said, `I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.'

^{25 Ref} And having come, she was bowing to him, saying, `Sir, help me;'

^{26 Ref} and he answering said, `It is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast to the little dogs.'