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And when he had entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
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And he saith to them, Are ye so void of understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatever thing from without entereth into the man, [it] cannot defile him.
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Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all kinds of food.
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And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
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For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
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Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness;
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All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
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And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into a house, and would have no man know [it]: but he could not be hid.
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For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:
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(The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation,) and she besought him that he would cast forth the demon out of her daughter.
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But Jesus said to her, Let the children first be satisfied: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast [it] to the dogs.