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But He answered and said, "^(C1)Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.

"Leave them alone; ^(C1)they are blind guides ^(F1)of blind people. And ^(C2)if a person who is blind guides another who is blind, both will fall into a pit."

Peter ^(F1)said to Him, "^(C1)Explain the parable to us."

^(F1)Jesus said, "Are you also still lacking in understanding?

"Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is ^(F1)eliminated?

"But ^(C1)the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and those things defile the person.

"^(C1)For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, acts of adultery, other immoral sexual acts, thefts, false testimonies, and ^(F1)slanderous statements.

"These are the things that defile the person; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the person."

^(C1)Jesus went away from there, and withdrew into the region of ^(C2)Tyre and ^(C2)Sidon.

And a Canaanite woman from that region came out and began to cry out, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, ^(C1)Son of David; my daughter is severely ^(C2)demon-possessed."

But He did not answer her with even a word. And His disciples came up and urged Him, saying, "Send her away, because she keeps shouting ^(F1)at us!"

But He answered and said, "I was sent only to ^(C1)the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

But she came and ^(C1)began ^(F1)to bow down before Him, saying, "Lord, help me!"

Yet He answered and said, "It is not ^(F1)good to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

And she said, "Yes, Lord; but please help, for even the dogs feed on the crumbs that fall from their masters' table."

Then Jesus said to her, "O woman, ^(C1)your faith is great; it shall be done for you as you desire." And her daughter was healed ^(F1)at once.