Mark 7:27

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But Jesus said, “The children must first be fed! It isn't right to take away their food and feed it to dogs.”

Cross References

Matthew 10:5

Jesus sent out the twelve apostles with these instructions: Stay away from the Gentiles and don't go to any Samaritan town.

Matthew 7:6

Don't give to dogs what belongs to God. They will only turn and attack you. Don't throw pearls down in front of pigs. They will trample all over them.

Mark 7:26

The woman was Greek and had been born in the part of Syria known as Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to force the demon out of her daughter.

Mark 7:28

The woman replied, “Lord, even dogs eat the crumbs that children drop from the table.”

Acts 22:21

But the Lord told me to go, and he promised to send me far away to the Gentiles.

Romans 15:8

I tell you that Christ came as a servant of the Jews to show that God has kept the promises he made to their famous ancestors. Christ also came,

Ephesians 2:12

At that time you did not know about Christ. You were foreigners to the people of Israel, and you had no part in the promises that God had made to them. You were living in this world without hope and without God,