25 For a certain woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came, and fell at his feet,

26 (And the woman was a [a]Greek, a [b]Syro-Phoenician by nation) and she besought him that he would cast out the devil out of her daughter.

27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be fed: for it is not good to take the children’s bread, and to cast it unto [c]whelps.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 7:26 By profession, profane.
  2. Mark 7:26 Neighbor or near to Damascus.
  3. Mark 7:27 He useth this word Whelps rather than the word Dogs, that he may seem to speak more contumaciously.

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