Mark 7:26

For the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophenician born. And she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

In The King James Version

The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

In Context

25For a woman as soon as she heard of him, whose daughter had an unclean spirit, came in and fell down at his feet.

27Who said to her: suffer first the children to be filled: for it is not good to take the bread of the children and cast it to the dogs.

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Cross References

Isaiah 49:12Behold these shall come from afar, and behold these from the north and from the sea, and these from the south country.

Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek: there is neither bond nor free: there is neither male nor female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus. Neither Jew, etc... That is, no distinction of Jew, etc.

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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