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Jesus said, "Do you still not understand? Surely you know that nothing that enters someone from the outside can make that person unclean.
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It does not go into the mind, but into the stomach. Then it goes out of the body." (When Jesus said this, he meant that no longer was any food unclean for people to eat.)
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And Jesus said, "The things that come out of people are the things that make them unclean.
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All these evil things begin inside people, in the mind: evil thoughts, sexual sins, stealing, murder, adultery,
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greed, evil actions, lying, doing sinful things, jealousy, speaking evil of others, pride, and foolish living.
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All these evil things come from inside and make people unclean."
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Jesus left that place and went to the area around Tyre. When he went into a house, he did not want anyone to know he was there, but he could not stay hidden.
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A woman whose daughter had an evil spirit in her heard that he was there. So she quickly came to Jesus and fell at his feet.
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She was Greek, born in Phoenicia, in Syria. She begged Jesus to force the demon out of her daughter.
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Jesus told the woman, "It is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs. First let the children eat all they want."
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But she answered, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table can eat the children's crumbs."