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When he had left the crowd and entered1the house, 2His disciplesquestioned Him about the parable.
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And He said to them, "Are you solacking in understandingalso? Do you not understand that whatevergoes into the man from outsidecannot*defile him,
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because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is eliminated**?" (Thus He declared3allfoods4clean.)
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And He was saying, "5That which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man.
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"For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evilthoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,
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deeds of coveting and wickedness, as well as deceit, sensuality, 6envy*, slander, pride and foolishness.
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"Alltheseevilthingsproceed from within and defile the man."
The Syrophoenician Woman
247Jesus got up and wentaway from there to the region of 8Tyre . And when He had entered a house, He wantednoone to know of it; yet He could not escapenotice.