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The Book of Mark, Chapter 7, Verse 20

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‹Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?›
King James Version
And he said, ‹That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.›
American Standard Version
And he said, That which proceedeth out of the man, that defileth the man.
New English Translation
A Syrophoenician Woman’s Faith After Jesus left there, he went to the region of Tyre. When he went into a house, he did not want anyone to know, but he was not able to escape notice.
World English Bible
He said, "That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.
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‹For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,›
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‹Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:›
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‹All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.›
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And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know [it]: but he could not be hid.
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For a [certain] woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:
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The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
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But Jesus said unto her, ‹Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast› [it] ‹unto the dogs.›
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And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.
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And he said unto her, ‹For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.›
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And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.