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Don't you know that whatever goes into the mouth goes into the stomach and then into a toilet?
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But whatever goes out of the mouth comes from within, and that's what makes a person unclean.
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Evil thoughts, murder, adultery, [other] sexual sins, stealing, lying, and cursing come from within.
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These are the things that make a person unclean. But eating without washing one's hands doesn't make a person unclean."
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Jesus left that place and went to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
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A Canaanite woman from that territory came [to him] and began to shout, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is tormented by a demon."
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But he did not answer her at all. Then his disciples came to him and urged him, "Send her away. She keeps shouting behind us."
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Jesus responded, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the nation of Israel."
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She came to him, bowed down, and said, "Lord, help me!"
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Jesus replied, "It's not right to take the children's food and throw it to the dogs."
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She said, "You're right, Lord. But even the dogs eat scraps that fall from their masters' tables."