27 "First let the children eat all they want," he told her, "for it is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to the dogs."

Other Translations of Mark 7:27

King James Version

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.

English Standard Version

27 And he said to her, "Let the children be fed first, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

The Message

27 He said, "Stand in line and take your turn. The children get fed first. If there's any left over, the dogs get it."

New King James Version

27 But Jesus said to her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs."

New Living Translation

27 Jesus told her, "First I should feed the children-my own family, the Jews. It isn't right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs."

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Mark 7:27

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.