World English Bible
Mark 7:26
“Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.”
Verse in context — Mark 7
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From there he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house, and didn't want anyone to know it, but he couldn't escape notice.
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For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.
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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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But Jesus said to her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.
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But she answered him, "Yes, Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs.
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