Mark 7:26

For the woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by race; and asked Him that He may cast the demon out of her daughter.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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 hearing concerning Him, whose daughter had an unclean spirit, having come worshiped at His feet.

27And He said to her, Permit the children first to be fed: for It is not good to take the children's bread and cast it to little dogs.

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Cross References

Galatians 3:28There is no longer Jew nor Greek, nor bond nor free, nor male and 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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