| New Living Translation (NLT) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 27 Jesus told her, "First I should help my own family, the Jews. It isn't right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs." | 27 "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 their dogs." |
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