Mark 7 · Verse 28

Mark 7:28

And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.
Mark 7:28, King James Version

Mark 7:28 in other translations

BSB“Yes, Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
WEBBut she answered him, “Yes, Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
ASVBut she answered and saith unto him, Yea, Lord; even the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.
YLTAnd she answered and saith to him, ‘Yes, sir; for the little dogs also under the table do eat of the children's crumbs.'
DARBYBut she answered and says to him, Yea, Lord; for even the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.
BBEBut she said to him in answer, Yes, Lord: even the dogs under the table take the bits dropped by the children.
WebsterAnd she answered and said to him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crums.

What does Mark 7:28 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
28. And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord--or, as the same word is rendered in Mt 15:27. "Truth, Lord." yet the dogs eat of the children's crumbs--"which fall from their master's table" (Mt 15:27). "I thank Thee, O blessed One, for that word! That's my whole case. Not of the children? True. A dog? True also: Yet the dogs under the table are allowed to eat of the children's crumbs--the droppings from their master's full table: Give me that, and I am content: One crumb of power and grace from Thy table shall cast the devil out of my daughter." Oh, what lightning quickness, what reach of instinctive ingenuity, do we behold in this heathen woman!

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 28.

(b) "yet the dogs" Rom 15:8,9, Eph 2:12-14

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 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…

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Mark 7:28 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἡhē<the>G3588
δὲdeButG1161
ἀπεκρίθηapekrithēshe answeredG611
καὶkaiandG2532
λέγειlegeishe saysG3004
αὐτῷ·autōto Him;G846
ναὶnaiyesG3483
κύριε,kurieLord,G2962
καὶkaievenG2532
τὰtatheG3588
κυνάριαkunariadogsG2952
ὑποκάτωhupokatōunderG5270
τῆςtēstheG3588
τραπέζηςtrapezēstableG5132
ἐσθίουσινesthiousineatG2068
ἀπὸapoofG575
τῶνtōntheG3588
ψιχίωνpsichiōncrumbsG5589
τῶνtōnof theG3588
παιδίων.¶paidiōnchildren.G3813

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Cross references for Mark 7:28

  • Romans 10:12

    For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

  • Romans 3:29

    Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:

  • Luke 15:30-32

    But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

  • Acts 11:17-18

    Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God? When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

  • Isaiah 45:22

    Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

  • Luke 7:6-8

    Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof: Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed. For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

  • Ephesians 2:12-14

    That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;

  • Psalms 145:16

    Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

  • Matthew 5:45

    That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

  • Isaiah 49:6

    And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

  • Ephesians 3:8

    Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

  • Romans 15:8-9

    Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Ps 145:16; Isa 45:22; 49:6; Mt 5:45; Lu 7:6-8; 15:30-32; Ac 11:17,18
Ro 3:29; 10:12; 15:8,9; Eph 2:12-14; 3:8

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Context

  • Mark 7:27

    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.

  • Mark 7:28

    And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.

  • Mark 7:29

    And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.

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Mark 7:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y respondió ella, y le dijo: Sí, Señor; pero aun los perrillos debajo de la mesa, comen de las migajas de los hijos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et elle répondit et lui dit: Oui, Seigneur; car même les chiens, sous la table, mangent des miettes des enfants.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Sie aber antwortete und spricht zu ihm: Ja, Herr; denn es essen ja auch die Hündlein unter dem Tische von den Brosamen der Kinder.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
At illa respondit, et dixit illi: Utique Domine, nam et catelli comedunt sub mensa de micis puerorum.