Mark 7:29

He said to her, “For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter.”

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WEBBE

He said to her, “For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter.”

BSB

Then Jesus told her, “Because of this answer, you may go. The demon has left your daughter.”

KJV

And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.

ASV

And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the demon is gone out of thy daughter.

BBE

And he said to her, For this saying go your way; the evil spirit has gone out of your daughter.

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Καὶ Kai And G2532 εἶπεν eipen He said G2036 αὐτῇ autēa to her G846 διὰ dia Because of G1223 τοῦτον touton this G3778 τὸν ton (the) G3588 λόγον logon word G3056 ὕπαγε hupage do go G5217 ἐξελήλυθεν exelēluthen has gone forth G1831 ἐκ ek out of G1537 τῆς tēs the G3588 θυγατρός thugatros daughter G2364 σου sou of you G4771 τὸ to the G3588 δαιμόνιον daimonion demon G1140

The early church

(ubi sup.) On account then of the humble and faithful saying of her mother, the devil left the daughter; here is given a precedent for catechising and baptizing infants, seeing that by the faith and the confession of the parents, infants are freed in baptism from the devil, though they can neither have knowledge in themselves, or do either good or evil.
Bede · d. 735Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
Because therefore the woman answered with much wisdom, she obtained what she wanted; wherefore there follows, And he said unto her, &c. He said not, My virtue hath made thee whole, but for this saying, that is, for thy faith, which is shown by this saying, go thy way, the devil is gone out of thy daughter. It goes on, And when she was come into her house, she found her daughter laid upon the bed, and the devil gone out. The soul of each of us also, when he falls into sin, becomes a woman; and this soul has a daughter who is sick, that is, evil actions; this daughter again has a devil, for evil actions arise from devils. Again, sinners are called dogs, being filled with uncleanness. For which reason we are not worthy to receive the bread of God, or to be made partakers of the immaculate mysteries of God; if however in humility, knowing ourselves to be dogs, we confess our sins, then the daughter, that is, our evil life, shall be healed.
Theophylact of Ohrid · d. 1107Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 24–30

Christ never put any from him that fell at his feet, which a poor trembling soul may do. As she was a good woman, so a good mother. This sent her to Christ. His saying, Let the children first be filled, shows that there was mercy for the Gentiles, and not far off. She spoke, not as making light of the mercy, but magnifying the abundance of miraculous cures among the Jews, in comparison with which a single cure was but as a crumb. Thus, while proud Pharisees are left by the blessed Saviour, he manifests his compassion to poor humbled sinners, who look to him for children's bread. He still goes about to seek and save the lost.

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