Matthew 15:10-28
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And he called the people to him and said to them, q "Hear and understand:
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r it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person."
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Then the disciples came and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were s offended when they heard this saying?"
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He answered, t "Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted u will be rooted up.
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Let them alone; v they are blind guides. And w if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit."
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But Peter said to him, x "Explain the parable to us."
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And he said, y "Are you also still without understanding?
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Do you not see that z whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled?
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But a what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person.
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For out of the heart come b evil thoughts, c murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, d slander.
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e These are what defile a person. But f to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone."
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g And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
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And behold, h a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, i "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon."
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But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, j "Send her away, for she is crying out after us."
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He answered, k "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
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But she came and l knelt before him, saying, "Lord, help me."
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And he answered, "It is not right to take the children's bread and m throw it to the dogs."
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She said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat n the crumbs that fall from their masters' table."
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Then Jesus answered her, "O woman, o great is your faith! p Be it done for you as you desire." q And her daughter was p healed instantly.
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Matthew 13:51
"Have you understood all these things?" They said to him, "Yes."
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Acts 10:14 - 15
But Peter said, "By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.
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Matthew 13:57
And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.
Luke 7:23
And blessed is the one who is not offended by me.
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Isaiah 60:21
Your people shall all be righteous; they shall possess the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I might be glorified.
Isaiah 61:3
To grant to those who mourn in Zion - to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified.
John 15:1 - 2
I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.
1 Corinthians 3:9
For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building.
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Jude 1:12
These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted.
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Matthew 23:16
"Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.'
Matthew 23:24
You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!
Isaiah 56:10
His watchmen are blind; they are all without knowledge; they are all silent dogs; they cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
Malachi 2:8
But you have turned aside from the way. You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts.
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Luke 6:39
He also told them a parable: "Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?
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Matthew 13:36
Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.
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Matthew 16:9
Do you not yet perceive? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered?
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1 Corinthians 6:13
Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food" - and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
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Matthew 12:34
You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.
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James 2:4
Have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
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Matthew 5:22
But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, 'You fool!' will be liable to the hell of fire.
Matthew 5:28
But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Exodus 20:13 - 16
You shall not murder.
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Ephesians 4:31
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
Colossians 3:8
But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.
1 Timothy 6:4
He is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions.
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1 Corinthians 6:9 - 10
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality.
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Mark 7:2
They saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.
Mark 7:5
And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?
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Matthew 15:21 - 28
And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
Mark 7:24 - 30
And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet he could not be hidden.
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Matthew 15:21 - 28
And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
Mark 7:24 - 30
And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet he could not be hidden.
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Genesis 10:15
Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn and Heth.
Genesis 10:19
And the territory of the Canaanites extended from Sidon in the direction of Gerar as far as Gaza, and in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
Judges 1:30 - 33
Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, or the inhabitants of Nahalol, so the Canaanites lived among them, but became subject to forced labor.
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Matthew 9:27
And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, "Have mercy on us, Son of David.
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Matthew 14:15
Now when it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, "This is a desolate place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves.
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Romans 15:8
For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God's truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs.
Matthew 10:5 - 6
These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of the Samaritans.
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Matthew 8:2
And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.
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Matthew 7:6
Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.
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Luke 16:21
Who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
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Matthew 9:2
And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.
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Matthew 8:13
And to the centurion Jesus said, "Go; let it be done for you as you have believed." And the servant was healed at that very moment.
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Matthew 8:13
And to the centurion Jesus said, "Go; let it be done for you as you have believed." And the servant was healed at that very moment.
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Matthew 9:22
Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, "Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well." And instantly the woman was made well.
Matthew 17:18
And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was healed instantly.
John 4:52 - 53
So he asked them the hour when he began to get better, and they said to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.
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