Mark 7:27

New International Reader's Version

“First let the children eat all they want,” he told her. “It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”

Cross References

Matthew 10:5

Jesus sent these 12 out with the following orders. “Do not go among the Gentiles,” he said. “Do not enter any town of the Samaritans.

Matthew 7:6

“Do not give holy things to dogs. Do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they might walk all over them. They might turn around and tear you to pieces.

Mark 7:26

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

Mark 7:28

“Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”

Acts 22:21

“Then the Lord said to me, ‘Go. I will send you far away to people who are not Jews.’ ”

Romans 15:8

I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews. He teaches us that God is true. He shows us that God will keep the promises he made to the founders of our nation.

Ephesians 2:12

Before you believed in Christ, you were separated from him. You were not considered to be citizens of Israel. You were not included in what the covenants promised. You were without hope and without God in the world.