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But Peter said to him, "Explain the parable to us."
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And he said, "Are you also still without understanding?
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Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and so passes on?
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But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a man.
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For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander.
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These are what defile a man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man."
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And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
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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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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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He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
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But she came and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, help me."