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Then answered Peter and said unto Him, "Explain to us this parable."
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And Jesus said, "Are ye also yet without understanding?
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Do ye not yet understand that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the drain?
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But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart, and they defile the man.
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For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
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these are the things which defile a man. But to eat with unwashed hands defileth not a man."
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Then Jesus went thence and departed into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
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And behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same region and cried unto Him, saying, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Thou Son of David! My daughter is grievously vexed with a devil."
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But He answered her not a word. And His disciples came and besought Him, saying, "Send her away, for she crieth after us."
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But He answered and said, "I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
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Then she came and worshiped Him, saying, "Lord help me."