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And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Perceive ye not, that whatsoever from without goeth into the man, [it] cannot defile him;
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because it goeth not into his heart, but into his belly, and goeth out into the draught? [This he said], making all meats clean.
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And he said, That which proceedeth out of the man, that defileth the man.
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For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,
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all these evil things proceed from within, and defile the man.
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And from thence he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered into a house, and would have no man know it; and he could not be hid.
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But straightway a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.
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Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. And she besought him that he would cast forth the demon out of her daughter.
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And he said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.
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But she answered and saith unto him, Yea, Lord; even the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.