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17 Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and so passes on?
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“Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?
18 But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a man.
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But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them.
19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander.
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For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
20 These are what defile a man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man."
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These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”
21 And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
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Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
22 And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely possessed by a demon."
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A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.”
23 But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away, for she is crying after us."
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Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”
24 He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
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He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.”
25 But she came and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, help me."
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The woman came and knelt before him. “Lord, help me!” she said.
26 And he answered, "It is not fair to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
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He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
27 She said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table."
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“Yes it is, Lord,” she said. “Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”
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