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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.
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But after hearing of Him, a womanwhoselittledaughterhad an uncleanspiritimmediatelycame and fell at His feet.
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Now the woman was a Gentile, of the Syrophoenicianrace. And she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.
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And He was saying to her, "Let the children be satisfiedfirst, for it is not good to take the children'sbread and throw it to the dogs."
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But she answered and said to Him, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogsunder the tablefeed on the children'scrumbs."
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And He said to her, "Because of thisanswergo; the demon has gone out of your daughter."
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And goingback to her home, she found the childlying on the bed, the demon having left.
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9Again He went out from the region of 10Tyre, and camethroughSidon to 11the Sea of Galilee, within* the region of 12Decapolis.
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They brought to Him onewho was deaf and spoke with difficulty, and they implored Him to 13lay His hand on him.
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14Jesus took him aside from the crowd, by himself, and put His fingers into his ears, and after 15spitting, He touched his tongue with the saliva;
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and looking up to heaven with a deep16sigh, He said to him, "Ephphatha!" that is, "Be opened!"
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And his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was removed, and he began speakingplainly.
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And 17He gave them orders not to tellanyone; but the more He ordered them, the morewidely they 18continued to proclaim it.
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They were utterlyastonished, saying, "He has doneallthingswell; He makeseven the deaf to hear and the mute to speak."