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Don't you know that anything that is swallowed works its way through the intestines and is finally defecated?
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But what comes out of the mouth gets its start in the heart.
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It's from the heart that we vomit up evil arguments, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, lies, and cussing.
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That's what pollutes. Eating or not eating certain foods, washing or not washing your hands - that's neither here nor there." Healing the People
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From there Jesus took a trip to Tyre and Sidon.
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They had hardly arrived when a Canaanite woman came down from the hills and pleaded, "Mercy, Master, Son of David! My daughter is cruelly afflicted by an evil spirit."
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Jesus ignored her. The disciples came and complained, "Now she's bothering us. Would you please take care of her? She's driving us crazy."
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Jesus refused, telling them, "I've got my hands full dealing with the lost sheep of Israel."
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Then the woman came back to Jesus, went to her knees, and begged. "Master, help me."
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He said, "It's not right to take bread out of children's mouths and throw it to dogs."
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She was quick: "You're right, Master, but beggar dogs do get scraps from the master's table."