15-16. The food that you put into your mouth doesn't make you unclean and unfit to worship God. The bad words that come out of your mouth are what make you unclean.”
17. After Jesus and his disciples had left the crowd and had gone into the house, they asked him what these sayings meant.
18. He answered, “Don't you know what I am talking about by now? Surely you know that the food you put into your mouth cannot make you unclean.
19. It doesn't go into your heart, but into your stomach, and then out of your body.” By saying this, Jesus meant that all foods were fit to eat.
20. Then Jesus said:What comes from your heart is what makes you unclean.
21. Out of your heart come evil thoughts, vulgar deeds, stealing, murder,
22. unfaithfulness in marriage, greed, meanness, deceit, indecency, envy, insults, pride, and foolishness.
23. All these come from your heart, and they are what make you unfit to worship God.
24. Jesus left and went to the region near the city of Tyre, where he stayed in someone's home. He did not want people to know he was there, but they found out anyway.
25. A woman whose daughter had an evil spirit in her heard where Jesus was. And straight away she came and knelt down at his feet.
26. The woman was Greek and had been born in the part of Syria known as Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to force the demon out of her daughter.