Mark 7:27

And he said to her, Let the children be filled first; for it is not well to take the children's bread and throw it to the little 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

26The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast out the demon from her daughter.

28But she answered, and saith to him, Yea, Lord; even the little dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:6Give not that which is holy to dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine; lest they trample them under their feet, and turn upon you and rend you.

Matthew 15:23But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying Send her away, for she is crying out after us.

Romans 15:8For I say that Christ became a minister to the circumcised for the sake of God's truth, in order to make sure the promises given to 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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