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Mark 7:27

Jesus

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

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

“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.”

29 Then Jesus told her, “Because of this answer, you may go. The demon has left your daughter.”

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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
“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.”
KJV
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.
WEB
But Jesus said to her, “Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
ASV
And he said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children`s bread and cast it to the dogs.
DARBY
But [Jesus] said to her, Suffer the children to be first filled; for it is not right to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.
BLB
And He was saying to her, “Permit the children first to be satisfied; for it is not good to take the bread of the children and to cast [it] to the dogs.”
ÅB
Og han sa til henne: La først barna bli mette! for det er ikke vakkert å ta brødet fra barna og kaste det for de små hunder.
OTB
Han sa til henne, “La barna bli mettet først, for det er ikke rett å ta barnas brød og kaste det til hundene.”
B1930
Og han sa til henne: La først barna bli mette! for det er ikke vakkert å ta brødet fra barna og kaste det for de små hunder.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 15:23–28

    But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”

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  • Matthew 7:6

    Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.

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  • Acts 22:21

    Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

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  • Matthew 10:5

    These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go onto the road of the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.

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  • Ephesians 2:12

    remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

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  • Romans 15:8

    For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,

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