# Mark 7.27

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**Book:** [Mark](/codex/john-mark/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 25. But straightway a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet. 26. Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. And she besought him that he would cast forth the demon out of her daughter.
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> **27. And he said unto her, <span class="rl-speech">Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.</span>**
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> 28. But she answered and saith unto him, Yea, Lord; even the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. 29. And he said unto her, <span class="rl-speech">For this saying go thy way; the demon is gone out of thy daughter.</span> (Mark 7:25-29, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 25. For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet. 26. Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.
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> **27. But Jesus said to her, <span class="rl-speech">“Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”</span>**
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> 28. But she answered him, “Yes, Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.” 29. He said to her, <span class="rl-speech">“For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter.”</span> (Mark 7:25-29, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 25. For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: 26. The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. <sup>Greek: or, Gentile</sup> <sup>Greek: or, Gentile</sup>
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> **27. But Jesus said unto her, <span class="rl-speech">Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.</span>**
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> 28. And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. 29. And he said unto her, <span class="rl-speech">For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.</span> (Mark 7:25-29, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 25. for a woman having heard about him, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having come, fell at his feet, 26. and the woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phenician by nation, and was asking him, that the demon he may cast forth out of her daughter.
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> **27. And Jesus said to her, <span class="rl-speech">'Suffer first the children to be filled, for it is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast [it] to the little dogs.'</span>**
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> 28. And she answered and saith to him, 'Yes, sir; for the little dogs also under the table do eat of the children's crumbs.' 29. And he said to her, <span class="rl-speech">'Because of this word go; the demon hath gone forth out of thy daughter;'</span> (Mark 7:25-29, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Jesus Came Only for Israel Objection Defeater](/codex/jesus-came-only-for-israel-objection-defeater/)

**Concepts:**

- [Authority to Cast Out Demons](/codex/authority-to-cast-out-demons/), via [Mark 7.24-30](/codex/mark-7-24-30/)
- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Mark 7](/codex/mark-7/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G1140 - daimonion](/codex/g1140-daimonion/), via [Mark 7.24-30](/codex/mark-7-24-30/)

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## Notes

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.