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25 But immediately, a woman having heard about Him— of whom her little daughter was having an unclean spirit— having come, fell at His feet. 26 Now the woman was a Greek[a], a Syro-Phoenician[b] by nationality. And she was asking Him that He cast out the demon from her daughter. 27 And He was saying to her, “First allow the children to be filled-to-satisfaction. For it is not good to take the bread of the children and throw it to the little-dogs[c]”.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 7:26 That is, a Gentile.
  2. Mark 7:26 That is, from Phoenicia, a region of the Roman province of Syria, in which Tyre was one city.
  3. Mark 7:27 Or, lap-dogs, house-dogs. Jesus answers with a proverbial-type statement, then she responds with the same type of statement.

25 In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an impure spirit(A) came and fell at his feet. 26 The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.

27 “First let the children eat all they want,” he told her, “for it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”

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