Matthew 15:10-20

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What Defiles a Person

¹⁰And he called the people to him and said to them, ^(A)“Hear and understand: ¹¹^(B)it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.” ¹²Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were ^(C)offended when they heard this saying?” ¹³He answered, ^(D)“Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted ^(E)will be rooted up. ¹⁴Let them alone; ^(F)they are blind guides.^[a] And ^(G)if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.” ¹⁵But Peter said to him, ^(H)“Explain the parable to us.” ¹⁶And he said, ^(I)“Are you also still without understanding? ¹⁷Do you not see that ^(J)whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled?^[b] ¹⁸But ^(K)what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. ¹⁹For out of the heart come ^(L)evil thoughts, ^(M)murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, ^(N)slander. ²⁰^(O)These are what defile a person. But ^(P)to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone.”

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Matthew 15:14 Some manuscripts add of the blind
Matthew 15:17 Greek is expelled into the latrine

Matthew 15:21-28

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The Faith of a Canaanite Woman

²¹^(A)And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. ²²And behold, ^(B)a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, ^(C)“Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon.” ²³But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, ^(D)“Send her away, for she is crying out after us.” ²⁴He answered, ^(E)“I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” ²⁵But she came and ^(F)knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.” ²⁶And he answered, “It is not right to take the children's bread and ^(G)throw it to the dogs.” ²⁷She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat ^(H)the crumbs that fall from their masters' table.” ²⁸Then Jesus answered her, “O woman, ^(I)great is your faith! ^(J)Be it done for you as you desire.” ^(K)And her daughter was ^(L)healed instantly.^[a]