Mark 7:27
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.
KJV
καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτῇ· ἄφες πρῶτον χορτασθῆναι τὰ τέκνα· οὐ γάρ ἐστιν καλὸν λαβεῖν τὸν ἄρτον τῶν τέκνων καὶ τοῖς κυναρίοις βαλεῖν.
Greek NT
Qui dixit illi : Sine prius saturari filios : non est enim bonum sumere panem filiorum, et mittere canibus.
Vulgate
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.
ASV
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.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- καὶ ἔλεγεν — SBLGNT
- καὶ ἔλεγεν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν — Robinson-Pierpont
- καλόν ἐστιν — SBLGNT
- καλόν ἐστιν — Robinson-Pierpont
- ἐστιν καλὸν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- τοῖς κυναρίοις βαλεῖν — SBLGNT
- τοῖς κυναρίοις βαλεῖν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- βαλεῖν τοῖς κυναρίοις — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Acts 22:21 — And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
- Eph 2:12 — That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
- Luke 15:31 — And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.
- Matt 7:6 — Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
- Matt 10:5 — These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
- Matt 15:23 — But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
- Matt 15:26 — But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.
- Rom 15:8 — Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: