Matthew 15:17-27

17 "Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is eliminated *?

18 "But ¹the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man.

19 "²For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders.

20 "These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man."

The Syrophoenician Woman

21 ³Jesus went away from there, and withdrew into the district of ⁴Tyre and ⁵Sidon.

22 And a Canaanite woman from that region came out and began to cry out, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, ⁶Son of David; my daughter is cruelly ⁷demon-possessed."

23 But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples came and implored Him, saying, "Send her away, because she keeps shouting at us."

24 But He answered and said, "I was sent only * * to ⁸the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

25 But she came and ⁹began to bow down before Him, saying, "Lord, help me!"

26 And He answered and said, "It is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

27 But she said, "Yes, Lord; but even the dogs feed on the crumbs which fall from their masters' table."

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 12:34; Mark 7:20
• 2. Galatians 5:19f
• 3. Matthew 15:21-28: {Mark 7:24-30}
• 4. Matthew 11:21
• 5. Matthew 11:21
• 6. Matthew 9:27
• 7. Matthew 4:24
• 8. Matthew 10:6
• 9. Matthew 8:2

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "thrown out into the latrine"
• [b]. I.e. sexual immorality
• [c]. Lit "behind us"
• [d]. Or "worshiped"
• [e]. Or "proper"
• [f]. Lit "for"