26 Now the woman was a Gentile , of the Syrophoenician race . And she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter . 27 And He was saying to her, "Let the children be satisfied first , for it is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs ." 28 But she answered and said to Him, "Yes , Lord , but even the dogs under the table feed on the children's crumbs ." 29 And He said to her, "Because of this answer go ; the demon has gone out of your daughter ." 30 And going back to her home , she found the child lying on the bed , the demon having left .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Mark 7:26-30
Commentary on Mark 7:24-30
(Read Mark 7:24-30)
Christ never put any from him that fell at his feet, which a poor trembling soul may do. As she was a good woman, so a good mother. This sent her to Christ. His saying, Let the children first be filled, shows that there was mercy for the Gentiles, and not far off. She spoke, not as making light of the mercy, but magnifying the abundance of miraculous cures among the Jews, in comparison with which a single cure was but as a crumb. Thus, while proud Pharisees are left by the blessed Saviour, he manifests his compassion to poor humbled sinners, who look to him for children's bread. He still goes about to seek and save the lost.