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Then Peter said to him, Make the story clear to us.
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And he said, Are you, like them, still without wisdom?
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Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes on into the stomach, and is sent out as waste?
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But the things which come out of the mouth come from the heart; and they make a man unclean.
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For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:
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These are the things which make a man unclean; but to take food with unwashed hands does not make a man unclean.
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And Jesus went away from there into the country of Tyre and Sidon.
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And a woman of Canaan came out from those parts, crying and saying, Have pity on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is greatly troubled with an unclean spirit.
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But he gave her no answer. And his disciples came and said to him, Send her away, for she is crying after us.
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But he made answer and said, I was sent only to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel.
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But she came and gave him worship, saying, Help, Lord.