Mark 7:27

And 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.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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

26For the woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by race; and asked Him that He may cast the demon out of her daughter.

28And she responded and says to Him, Yea, Lord: for even the little dogs eat the crumbs of the children under the table.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:6Give not that which is holy to the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest they may trample them under their feet, and having turned round tear you to pieces.

Matthew 15:23And He responded to her not a word; and His disciples, having come to Him, asked Him, saying, Send her away; because she cries after us.

Romans 15:8For I say that Christ has been made minister of circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises of 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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