10. And Jesus called the people to Him and said to them, Listen and grasp and comprehend this:
11. It is not what goes into the mouth of a man that makes him unclean and defiled, but what comes out of the mouth; this makes a man unclean and defiles [him].
12. Then the disciples came and said to Him, Do You know that the Pharisees were displeased and offended and indignant when they heard this saying?
13. He answered, Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be torn up by the roots. [Isa. 60:21.]
14. Let them alone and disregard them; they are blind guides and teachers. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a ditch.
15. But Peter said to Him, Explain this proverb (this maxim) to us.
16. And He said, Are you also even yet dull and ignorant [without understanding and unable to put things together]?
17. Do you not see and understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the abdomen and so passes on into the place where discharges are deposited?
18. But whatever comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this is what makes a man unclean and defiles [him].
19. For out of the heart come evil thoughts (reasonings and disputings and designs) such as murder, adultery, sexual vice, theft, false witnessing, slander, and irreverent speech.
20. These are what make a man unclean and defile [him]; but eating with unwashed hands does not make him unclean or defile [him].
21. And going away from there, Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
22. And behold, a woman who was a Canaanite from that district came out and, with a [loud, troublesomely urgent] cry, begged, Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is miserably and distressingly and cruelly possessed by a demon!
23. But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples came and implored Him, saying, Send her away, for she is crying out after us.
24. He answered, I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
25. But she came and, kneeling, worshiped Him and kept praying, Lord, help me!
26. And He answered, It is not right (proper, becoming, or fair) to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs.
27. She said, Yes, Lord, yet even the little pups (little whelps) eat the crumbs that fall from their [young] masters' table.
28. Then Jesus answered her, O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you wish. And her daughter was cured from that moment.
29. And Jesus went on from there and passed along the shore of the Sea of Galilee. Then He went up into the hills and kept sitting there.