²⁷And 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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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he said to her, “Let the children be fed first, for it is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“First let the children eat all they want,” he told her, “for it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He said to her, “Let the children be fed first, because it isn’t right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Jesus told her, “First I should feed the children—my own family, the Jews. It isn’t right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he said to her, “Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs!”

KJV 1900King James Version

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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