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Do you not see that
1whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled?
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But
2what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person.
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For out of the heart come
3evil thoughts,
4murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness,
5slander.
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6These are what defile a person. But
7to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone. ”
The Faith of a Canaanite Woman
21 8And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
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And behold,
9a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying,
10“Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon. ”
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But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying,
11“Send her away, for she is crying out after us. ”
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He answered,
12“I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ”
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But she came and
13knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me. ”
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And he answered, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and
14throw it to the dogs. ”
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She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat
15the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table. ”