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Perceive ye not, that whatsoever goeth into the mouth passeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
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But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man.
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For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:
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these are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not the man.
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And Jesus went out thence, and withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon.
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And behold, a Canaanitish woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a demon.
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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 was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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But she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
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And he answered and said,
It is not meet to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.
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But she said, Yea, Lord: for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.