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Mark 7:26

The stranger and outcastPrayer

24 And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an 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:

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 children’s bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.

28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of 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.

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Cross references

  • Matthew 15:22

    And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.

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  • Galatians 3:28

    There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

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  • Isaiah 49:12

    Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.

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  • Colossians 3:11

    Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

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