Mark 7:26

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

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

The 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

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

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.

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Cross References

Isaiah 49:12Lo, these shall come from far; and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.

Galatians 3:28There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one [man] in Christ Jesus.

Matthew Henry on Mark 7:25-31

The Syrophenician Woman. 24 And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into a 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… Read the whole commentary →

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