Mark 7:27

The Message

He said, “Stand in line and take your turn. The children get fed first. If there’s any left over, the dogs get it.”

Cross References

Acts 22:21

“But he said, ‘Don’t argue. Go. I’m sending you on a long journey to outsider non-Jews.’”

Matthew 10:5

Jesus sent his twelve harvest hands out with this charge: “Don’t begin by traveling to some far-off place to convert unbelievers. And don’t try to be dramatic by tackling some public enemy. Go to the lost, confused people right here in the neighborhood. Tell them that the kingdom is here. Bring health to the sick. Raise the dead. Touch the untouchables. Kick out the demons. You have been treated generously, so live generously.

Matthew 7:6

“Don’t be flip with the sacred. Banter and silliness give no honor to God. Don’t reduce holy mysteries to slogans. In trying to be relevant, you’re only being cute and inviting sacrilege.

Mark 7:28

She said, “Of course, Master. But don’t dogs under the table get scraps dropped by the children?”