Mark 7:27

Good News Translation

But Jesus answered, “Let us first feed the children. It isn't right to take the children's food and throw it to the dogs.”

Cross References

Matthew 10:5

These twelve men were sent out by Jesus with the following instructions: “Do not go to any Gentile territory or any Samaritan towns.

Matthew 7:6

“Do not give what is holy to dogs—they will only turn and attack you. Do not throw your pearls in front of pigs—they will only trample them underfoot.

Mark 7:26

The woman was a Gentile, born in the region of Phoenicia in Syria. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.

Mark 7:28

“Sir,” she answered, “even the dogs under the table eat the children's leftovers!”

Acts 22:21

‘Go,’ the Lord said to me, ‘for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

Romans 15:8

For I tell you that Christ's life of service was on behalf of the Jews, to show that God is faithful, to make his promises to their ancestors come true,

Ephesians 2:12

At that time you were apart from Christ. You were foreigners and did not belong to God's chosen people. You had no part in the covenants, which were based on God's promises to his people, and you lived in this world without hope and without God.