Mark 7:28

And she answered, and said to him, Yes, Lord; for little whelps eat under the board of the crumbs of (the) children. (And she answered him, Yes, Lord; but even little pups can eat the crumbs of the children under the table.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.

In Context

27And he said to her, Suffer thou (or Allow) that the children be fulfilled first [or Suffer thou that the sons be filled first]; for it is not good to take the bread of children, and give [it] to hounds.

29And Jesus said to her, Go thou, for this word the fiend (or the demon) went out of thy daughter.

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Cross References

Psalms 145:16Thou openest thine hand; and thou [ful] fillest each beast with blessing. (Thou openest thy hand; and thou fulfillest each living creature with blessing or with what they need, or desire.)

Isaiah 49:6And he said, It is little, that thou be a servant to me, to raise the lineages of Jacob, and to convert the dregs of Israel; I gave thee into the light of heathen men, that thou be mine health till to the last part of [the] earth. (And he said, It is too little a thing, that thou be my servant only to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to bring back the descendants of Israel; I shall make you also to be a light unto the heathen, so that thou can be my salvation unto the ends of the earth.)

Luke 7:6And Jesus went with them. And when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent to him (his) friends, and said, Lord, do not thou be travailed, (or And when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent his friends to him, and said, Lord, do not be troubled), for I am not worthy, that thou enter under my roof;

Acts 11:17Therefore if God gave to them the same grace, as to us that believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that might forbid the Lord, that he give not the Holy Ghost [or that he should not give the Holy Ghost] to them that believed in the name of Jesus Christ? (And so if God gave them the same gift, as to us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, who would forbid the Lord, yea, that he should not give the Holy Spirit to those who believed in the name of Jesus Christ?)

Romans 10:12And there is no distinction of Jew and of Greek (or And there is no difference between Jew and Greek); for the same Lord of all is rich into all, that inwardly call him [or that in-call him].

Ephesians 2:12and ye were in that time without Christ, aliened [or strangers] from the living (community) of Israel, and guests of the testaments, not having (any) hope of (the) promise, and without God in this world. (and at that time ye were without the Messiah, alienated from, or strangers to, the living community of Israel, and outside of the covenants, not having any hope of the Promise, and without God in this world.)

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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