Mark 7:26

Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by descent. She begged him to cast out the demon from her daughter.

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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

25In fact + 7:25 Some ancient copies have the word, But as an alternative reading. , as soon a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him, she came and fell down at his feet.

27He said to her, “Let the children first be fed. For it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.”

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Cross References

Isaiah 49:12Look, these will come from far away, some from the north and the west; and others from the land of Sinim. 1

Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

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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