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For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
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These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”
The Faith of a Canaanite Woman
21 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
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A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.”
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Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”