Mark 7:26

Now the woman was a Greek, a Syro-phoenician by birth: and she made a request to him that he would send the evil spirit out of her daughter.

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

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

25But a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having had news of him, came straight away and went down at his feet.

27And he said to her, Let the children first have their food: for it is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs.

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Cross References

Isaiah 49:12See, these are coming from far; and these from the north and the west; and these from the land of Sinim.

Galatians 3:28There is no Jew or Greek, servant or free, male or female: because you are all one in Jesus Christ.

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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