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Matthew 15:9-29

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9 Their worship is a farce, for they teach man-made ideas as commands from God.’ ”
9 They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.’”
10 Then Jesus called to the crowd to come and hear. “Listen,” he said, “and try to understand.
10 Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand.
11 It’s not what goes into your mouth that defiles you; you are defiled by the words that come out of your mouth.”
11 What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”
12 Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you realize you offended the Pharisees by what you just said?”
12 Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”
13 Jesus replied, “Every plant not planted by my heavenly Father will be uprooted,
13 He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.
14 so ignore them. They are blind guides leading the blind, and if one blind person guides another, they will both fall into a ditch.”
14 Leave them; they are blind guides.If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
15 Then Peter said to Jesus, “Explain to us the parable that says people aren’t defiled by what they eat.”
15 Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.”
16 “Don’t you understand yet?” Jesus asked.
16 “Are you still so dull?” Jesus asked them.
17 “Anything you eat passes through the stomach and then goes into the sewer.
17 “Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?
18 But the words you speak come from the heart—that’s what defiles you.
18 But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them.
19 For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, all sexual immorality, theft, lying, and slander.
19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
20 These are what defile you. Eating with unwashed hands will never defile you.”
20 These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”
21 Then Jesus left Galilee and went north to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
21 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
22 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.”
22 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.”
23 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.”
23 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.”
24 Then Jesus said to the woman, “I was sent only to help God’s lost sheep—the people of Israel.”
24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.”
25 But she came and worshiped him, pleading again, “Lord, help me!”
25 The woman came and knelt before him. “Lord, help me!” she said.
26 Jesus responded, “It isn’t right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs.”
26 He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
27 She replied, “That’s true, Lord, but even dogs are allowed to eat the scraps that fall beneath their masters’ table.”
27 “Yes it is, Lord,” she said. “Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”
28 “Dear woman,” Jesus said to her, “your faith is great. Your request is granted.” And her daughter was instantly healed.
28 Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed at that moment.
29 Jesus returned to the Sea of Galilee and climbed a hill and sat down.
29 Jesus left there and went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up on a mountainside and sat down.
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