Mark 7:26

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.”

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BSBPD

“Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. And she besought him that he would cast forth the demon out of her daughter.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and the woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phenician by nation--and was asking him, that the demon he may cast forth out of her daughter.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Mark 7:26 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 49:12Behold, they will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Aswan.”
  2. Matthew 15:22And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.”
  3. Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
  4. Colossians 3:11Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.

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