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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“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)“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“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“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 DomainOther passages that echo Mark 7:26 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 49:12Behold, they will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Aswan.”
- 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.”
- Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- 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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