Mark 7:27 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Jesus answers that the children must first be filled; it is not right to take the bread of the children and throw it to the dogs.
What Does Mark 7:27 Mean?
The reply is a small parable of a household at supper. Israel, the children, is served first — and first concedes that others will be fed afterward (Romans 1:16). The word for dogs is the diminutive: the little dogs of the house, under the family table, not the scavengers of the street.
The saying tests rather than dismisses; it states an order, not a fence, and it leaves a door ajar that the woman will find. Worded with that strange gentleness, it invites exactly the reply it receives — and the bread of the children will, in the end, be broken for the world.
Mark 7:27 in the Original Language
kynarion (κυνάριον), 'dogs' -- a diminutive: little household dogs at the table rather than strays.
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What does Mark 7:27 mean?
Jesus answers that the children must first be filled; it is not right to take the bread of the children and throw it to the dogs.