Bible verse
“First let the children have their fill,” He said. “For it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
Mark 7:27 · BSB
The verses around it, from Mark 7.
23 All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.”
24 Jesus left that place and went to the region of Tyre. Not wanting anyone to know He was there, He entered a house, but was unable to escape their notice.
25 Instead, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit soon heard about Jesus, and she came and fell at His feet.
26 Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.
27 “First let the children have their fill,” He said. “For it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
28 “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
29 Then Jesus told her, “Because of this answer, you may go. The demon has left your daughter.”
30 And she went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon was gone.
31 Then Jesus left the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.
KJV
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.
ASV
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.
ERV
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.
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