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


In Context

23 All these evils come from inside and make a man 'unclean.' "

24 Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence secret.

25 In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an evil spirit 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 their dogs."

28 "Yes, Lord," she replied, "but even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."

Mark 7:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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