Mark 7:28
28 "Lord," she replied, "even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."
Other Translations of Mark 7:28
King James Version
28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.
English Standard Version
28 But she answered him, "Yes, Lord; yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."
The Message
28 She said, "Of course, Master. But don't dogs under the table get scraps dropped by the children?"
New King James Version
28 And she answered and said to Him, "Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs under the table eat from the children's crumbs."
New Living Translation
28 She replied, "That's true, Lord, but even the dogs under the table are allowed to eat the scraps from the children's plates."
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Mark 7:28
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.