Mark 7:27

But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be satisfied: for it is not fit to take the children's bread, and throw it to the dogs.

1770 John Worsley 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

26(now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation,) and she besought Him to cast out the demon from her daughter.

28And she answered and said unto 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 unto dogs, nor cast your pearls before swine; least they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you.

Matthew 15:23But he answered her not a word: and his disciples came and intreated Him, saying, Send her away, for she crieth importunately after us.

Romans 15:8Now Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the manifestation of the truth of God, to confirm the promises made to 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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