Mark 7:26
Good News Translation
The woman was a Gentile, born in the region of Phoenicia in Syria. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.

New Revised Standard Version
Now the woman was a Gentile, of Syrophoenician origin. She begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

Contemporary English Version
The woman was Greek and had been born in the part of Syria known as Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to force the demon out of her daughter.

New American Bible
The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth, and she begged him to drive the demon out of her daughter.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophenician born. And she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophenician born. And she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

Greek.

Isaiah 49:12 Behold these shall come from afar, and behold these from the north and from the sea, and these from the south country.

Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek: there is neither bond nor free: there is neither male nor female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 3:11 Where there is neither Gentile nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian nor Scythian, bond nor free. But Christ is all and in all.

a Syrophenician.

Matthew 15:22 And behold a woman of Canaan who came out of those coasts, crying out, said to him: Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David: my daughter is grievously troubled by a devil.

Context
The Faith of the Gentile Woman
25For a woman as soon as she heard of him, whose daughter had an unclean spirit, came in and fell down at his feet. 26For the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophenician born. And she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. 27Who 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.…
Cross References
Matthew 4:24
And his fame went throughout all Syria, and they presented to him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and such as were possessed by devils, and lunatics, and those that had the palsy, and he cured them:

Mark 7:25
For a woman as soon as she heard of him, whose daughter had an unclean spirit, came in and fell down at his feet.

Mark 7:27
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.

Mark 7:25
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