26The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.


In Context

23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

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

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

26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

27 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.

28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.

Mark 7:26 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:26The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:26For the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophenician born. And she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:26Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. And she besought him that he would cast forth the demon out of her daughter.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:26(and the woman was a Greek, Syrophenician by race), and asked him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:26Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. And she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:26(The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation,) and she besought him that he would cast forth the demon out of her daughter.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:26Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:26and the woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phenician by nation — and was asking him, that the demon he may cast forth out of her daughter.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:26The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she sought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.