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The Book of Matthew, Chapter 15, Verse 18

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‹Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?›
King James Version
‹But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.›
American Standard Version
But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man.
New English Translation
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a person.
World English Bible
But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of 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 unwashen hands defileth not a man.›
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Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
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And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, 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 came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
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But he answered and said, ‹It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast› [it] ‹to dogs.›
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And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
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Then Jesus answered and said unto her, ‹O woman, great› [is] ‹thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt.› And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.