Mark 7:27

New Living Translation

Jesus told her, “First I should feed the children—my own family, the Jews. It isn’t right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs.”

Cross References

Matthew 10:5

Jesus sent out the twelve apostles with these instructions: “Don’t go to the Gentiles or the Samaritans,

Matthew 7:6

“Don’t waste what is holy on people who are unholy. Don’t throw your pearls to pigs! They will trample the pearls, then turn and attack you.

Mark 7:26

and she begged him to cast out the demon from her daughter. Since she was a Gentile, born in Syrian Phoenicia,

Mark 7:28

She replied, “That’s true, Lord, but even the dogs under the table are allowed to eat the scraps from the children’s plates.”

Acts 22:21

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

Romans 15:8

Remember that Christ came as a servant to the Jews to show that God is true to the promises he made to their ancestors.

Ephesians 2:12

In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from citizenship among the people of Israel, and you did not know the covenant promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope.