Jesus gave these twelve apostles {\cf2\super [122]} some orders. Then he sent them \{to tell people about the kingdom\}. Jesus said, “Don’t go to the non-Jewish people. And don’t go into any town where the Samaritans {\cf2\super [123]} live.
Mark 7:27 - Easy To Read Version Jesus told the woman: “It is not right to take the children’s bread and give it to the dogs. First let the children eat all they want.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And He said to her, First let the children be fed, for it is not becoming or proper or right to take the children's bread and throw it to the [little house] dogs. American Standard Version (1901) And he said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread and cast it to the dogs. Common English Bible He responded, “The children have to be fed first. It isn’t right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.” Catholic Public Domain Version And he said to her: "First allow the sons to have their fill. For it is not good to take away the bread of the sons and throw it to the dogs." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who said to her: Suffer first the children to be filled: for it is not good to take the bread of the children, and cast it to the dogs. |
Jesus gave these twelve apostles {\cf2\super [122]} some orders. Then he sent them \{to tell people about the kingdom\}. Jesus said, “Don’t go to the non-Jewish people. And don’t go into any town where the Samaritans {\cf2\super [123]} live.
“Don’t give holy things to dogs. They will only turn and hurt you. And don’t throw your pearls to pigs. They will only step on them.
The woman was not a Jew. She was Greek, born in Phoenicia, an area in Syria. The woman begged Jesus to force the demon {\cf2\super [90]} out of her daughter.
The woman answered, “That is true, Lord. But the dogs under the table can eat the pieces of food that the children don’t eat.”
But Jesus said to me, ‘Leave now. I will send you far away to the non-Jewish people.’”
I tell you that Christ became a servant of the Jews to show that what God promises is true. Christ did this to prove that God will do the things he promised the Jewish fathers.
Remember that in the past you were without Christ. You were not citizens of Israel. {\cf2\super [11]} And you did not have the agreements {\cf2\super [12]} with the promise \{that God made to his people\}. You had no hope, and you did not know God.