Bible in Basic English
"And he said to her, Let the children first have their food: for it is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs."
— Mark 7:27, Bible in Basic English
“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.”
“But Jesus said to her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."”
“He said to her,“Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not right to take the children’s bread and to throw it to the dogs.””
And he went away from there to the country of Tyre and Sidon. And he went into a house, desiring that no man might have knowledge of it: and he was not able to keep it secret.
But a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having had news of him, came straight away and went down at his feet.
Now the woman was a Greek, a Syro-phoenician by birth: and she made a request to him that he would send the evil spirit out of her daughter.
And he said to her, Let the children first have their food: for it is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs.
But she said to him in answer, Yes, Lord: even the dogs under the table take the bits dropped by the children.
And he said to her, For this saying go your way; the evil spirit has gone out of your daughter.
And she went away to her house, and saw the child on the bed, and the evil spirit gone out.