Lord of the Dogs

Mark 7:24-31 – “Lord of the Dogs”
4-10-11 By Chris Wilson

A. 24 From there He arose and went to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
B. And He entered a house and wanted no one to know it, but He could not be
hidden.25 For a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit heard
about Him, and she came and fell at His feet.
C. 26 The woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phoenician by birth, and
she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.
D. 27 But Jesus said to her, “Let the children be
filled first, for it is not good to take the children's
bread and throw it to the little dogs.”
E. 28 And she answered and said to Him, “Yes, Lord,
D' yet even the little dogs under the table eat from the children's
crumbs.”
C' 29 Then He said to her, “For this saying go your way; the demon has
gone out of your daughter.”
B' 30 And when she had come to her house, she found the demon gone out, and
her daughter lying on the bed.
A' 31 Again, departing from the region of Tyre and Sidon, He came through the midst of the region of Decapolis to the Sea of Galilee.

(Parallel passage - Matthew 15:21–28)

I. Introduction – Mark 7:24-31 - A Happy Little Chiasm!
A and A' – Tyre and Sidon
B and B' – House, unclean spirit/demon, falling/lying down
C and C' – Cast/gone out, demon, daughter
D and D' – Bread, little dogs, children
E – Center – “YES LORD!”