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Mark 7:26

The stranger and outcastPrayer

24 Jesus left that place and went to the region of Tyre. Not wanting anyone to know He was there, He entered a house, but was unable to escape their notice.

25 Instead, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit soon heard about Jesus, and she came and fell at His feet.

Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.

27 “First let the children have their fill,” He said. “For it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”

28 “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.
KJV
The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
WEB
Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.
ASV
Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. And she besought him that he would cast forth the demon out of her daughter.
DARBY
(and the woman was a Greek, Syrophenician by race), and asked him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.
BLB
Now the woman was a Greek, Syrophoenician by race, and she was asking Him that He might cast the demon out of her daughter.
ÅB
Men kvinnen var en hedensk kvinne, syrofønikisk av slekt; og hun ba ham at han ville drive den onde ånd ut av hennes datter.
OTB
Kvinnen var en hedning, av syro-fønikisk opprinnelse. Hun ba Ham drive demonen ut av datteren hennes.
B1930
Men kvinnen var en hedensk kvinne, syrofønikisk av ætt; og hun bad ham at han vilde drive den onde ånd ut av hennes datter.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Matthew 15:22

    And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.”

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  • Galatians 3:28

    There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

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  • Isaiah 49:12

    Behold, they will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Aswan.”

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  • Colossians 3:11

    Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.

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