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adultery, greed, wickedness, cheating, shameless lust, envy, cursing, arrogance, and foolishness come from within a person.
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All these evils come from within and make a person unclean."
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Jesus left that place and went to the territory of Tyre. He didn't want anyone to know that he was staying in a house there. However, it couldn't be kept a secret.
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A woman whose little daughter had an evil spirit heard about Jesus. She went to him and bowed down.
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The woman happened to be Greek, born in Phoenicia in Syria. She asked him to force the demon out of her daughter.
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Jesus said to her, "First, let the children eat all they want. It's not right to take the children's food and throw it to the dogs."
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She answered him, "Lord, even the dogs under the table eat some of the children's scraps."
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Jesus said to her, "Because you have said this, go! The demon has left your daughter."
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The woman went home and found the little child lying on her bed, and the demon was gone.
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Jesus then left the neighborhood of Tyre. He went through Sidon and the territory of the Ten Cities to the Sea of Galilee.
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Some people brought to him a man who was deaf and who also had a speech defect. They begged Jesus to lay his hand on him.