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These are what defile you. Eating with unwashed hands will never defile you.”
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Then Jesus left Galilee and went north to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
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A Gentile woman who lived there came to him, pleading, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! For my daughter is possessed by a demon that torments her severely.”
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But Jesus gave her no reply, not even a word. Then his disciples urged him to send her away. “Tell her to go away,” they said. “She is bothering us with all her begging.”
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Then Jesus said to the woman, “I was sent only to help God’s lost sheep—the people of Israel.”
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But she came and worshiped him, pleading again, “Lord, help me!”
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Jesus responded, “It isn’t right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs.”
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She replied, “That’s true, Lord, but even dogs are allowed to eat the scraps that fall beneath their masters’ table.”
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“Dear woman,” Jesus said to her, “your faith is great. Your request is granted.” And her daughter was instantly healed.
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Jesus returned to the Sea of Galilee and climbed a hill and sat down.
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A vast crowd brought to him people who were lame, blind, crippled, those who couldn’t speak, and many others. They laid them before Jesus, and he healed them all.