en_tn_lite_do_not_use/mrk/07/27.md

## Let the children first be fed ##

"The children must eat first" or "I must feed the children first." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

## children ##

the Jews. AT: "I must serve the Jews first." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## bread ##

food

## dogs ##

the Gentiles.

## even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs ##

"you can serve me, a gentile, in this small way"  (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## crumbs ##

very small pieces of bread