Mark 7:27

And Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be fed, for it is not proper to take the children’s bread, and throw it to the dogs.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 Syrophenician by birth, and she entreated him that the devil might be cast out of her daughter.

28But she replied, and said to him, True, Lord, yet the 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, nor cast pearls before swine; lest they tread them under foot, and turning round tear you.

Matthew 15:23But he replied not a word to her. Then his disciples came and intreated him, saying, Send her away; for she is crying aloud after us.

Romans 15:8Now I say that Jesus Christ was the minister of circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto 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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