Mark 7:27

And Jesus said to her, Allow the children first be filled, for it is not right to take the children's bread and cast it to the house dogs.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

26Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. And she besought him that he would cast out the demon from her daughter.

28But she answered and says to him, Yes, Lord, for even the house dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:6Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, lest they trample them by their feet, and having turn back may lacerate you.

Matthew 15:23But he answered her not a word. And his disciples having approached, they besought him, saying, Send her away, because she cries out behind us.

Romans 15:8And I say, Christ Jesus became a helper of men of circumcision, for the sake of God's truth (in order to confirm the promises of the fathers),

Matthew Henry on Mark 7:25-31

The Syrophenician Woman. 24 And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into a house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. 25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: 26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. 27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the… Read the whole commentary →

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