Mk 7:27a ... And he said to her, ... "Allow first to be fed the boys."

Verse 27 has 4 phrases containing 3 narrator and 14 dialog words. The first two phrases have these 3 narrator and 5 dialog words said by Jesus ... Kai elegen autē, afes prōton chortasthēnai ta tekna (And he said to her, ... "Allow first to be fed the boys, ...").

The 3 narrator and 5 dialog words are top down tangent to the white triangle holding the woman then to the rectangle holding the "ta tekna" (the boys) meaning the disciples. From the white triangle Jesus sees this is a good pagan woman. He does not answer her request to cast the demon out of her daughter. Instead, he asks her to first feed his boys, the 12 disciples. The text says chortasthenai (fed grass, wheat) which means feeding bread. The good woman is standing on three baskets of bread (artoi = 481) which in turn are tangent to the disciples. Jesus is testing her, waiting for her answer. Her daughter can wait. The diagram agrees with the text!