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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.

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