King James Version

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.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “He was saying” (ἔλεγεν) before her here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “and” (καὶ) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the now Jesus said” (ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν) before her here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

καὶkaiButκαίconjunction — “But”G2532and, even, also, namely.Butἔλεγενelegensaidλέγω (legō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “said”, an ongoing action in the pastG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.saidαὐτῇautēunto herαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, feminine — “unto her”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.unto herἌφεςaphesLetἀφίημι (aphiēmi)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “Let”, a single actionG863(a) I send away, (b) I let go, release, permit to depart, (c) I remit, forgive, (d) I permit, suffer.Letπρῶτονprōtonfirstπρῶτος (prōtos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “first”, the object formG4413first, before, principal, most important.This verse uses “first”.firstχορτασθῆναιchortasthēnaito be filledχορτάζω (chortazō)verb, aorist passive infinitive — “to be filled”, a single actionG5526I feed, satisfy, fatten.be filledτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.τέκναteknachildren'sτέκνον (teknon)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “children's”, the object formG5043a child, descendent, inhabitant.the children'sοὐounoοὐadverb — “no”G3756no, not.γὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.καλόνkalongoodκαλός (kalos)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “good”, the subject formG2570beautiful, as an outward sign of the inward good, noble, honorable character; good, worthy, honorable, noble, and seen to be so.This verse uses “good”.ἐστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.λαβεῖνlabeinto takeλαμβάνω (lambanō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to take”, a single actionG2983(a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.This verse uses “take”.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἄρτονartonbreadἄρτος (artos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “bread”, the object formG740bread, a loaf, food.This verse uses “bread”.breadτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.τέκνωνteknōnchildτέκνον (teknon)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “child”, the of-formG5043a child, descendent, inhabitant.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.κυναρίοιςkunarioisit unto the dogsκυνάριον (kunarion)noun, dative, plural, neuter — “it unto the dogs”, the to- or for-formG2952a little dog, a house dog.it unto the dogsβαλεῖνbaleinto throwβάλλω (ballō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to throw”, a single actionG906(a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop.This verse uses “throw”.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdeButδέconjunction — “But”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.εἶπενeipensaidἔπω (epō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “said”, an ongoing action in the pastG2036to say

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And Jesus said to her, 'Suffer first the children to be filled, for it is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast [it] to the little dogs.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread and cast it to the dogs.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Jesus said to her, 'Suffer first the children to be filled, for it is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast [it] to the little dogs.'

World English Bible

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 .”

Darby Translation

But [Jesus] said to her, Suffer the children to be first filled; for it is not right to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.

Douay-Rheims

Who said to her: Suffer first the children to be filled: for it is not good to take the bread of the children, and cast it to the dogs.

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