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What Defiles a Person

10 And 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.” 12 Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were (C)offended when they heard this saying?” 13 He answered, (D)“Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted (E)will be rooted up. 14 Let them alone; (F)they are blind guides.[a] And (G)if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.” 15 But Peter said to him, (H)“Explain the parable to us.” 16 And he said, (I)“Are you also still without understanding? 17 Do you not see that (J)whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled?[b] 18 But (K)what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. 19 For 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.”

The Faith of a Canaanite Woman

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

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 15:14 Some manuscripts add of the blind
  2. Matthew 15:17 Greek is expelled into the latrine
  3. Matthew 15:28 Greek from that hour