27And 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.


In Context

24 And from thence he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered into a house, and would have no man know it: and he could not be hid.

25 But straightway a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.

26 Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. And she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

27 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.

28 But she answered and saith unto him, Yea, Lord: even the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.

Mark 7:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:27But 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:27"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 their dogs."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:27Who said to her: Suffer first the children to be filled: for it is not good to take the bread of the children, and cast it to the dogs.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:27And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:27But 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:27But Jesus said to her, Let the children first be satisfied: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to the dogs.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:27But 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.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:27And Jesus said to her, 'Suffer first the children to be filled, for it is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast it to the little dogs.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:27But Jesus said to her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to the dogs.