14. Stay away from those Pharisees! They are like blind people leading other blind people, and all of them will fall into a ditch.”
15. Peter replied, “What did you mean when you talked about the things that make people unclean?”
16. Jesus then said:Don't any of you know what I am talking about by now?
17. Don't you know that the food you put into your mouth goes into your stomach and then out of your body?
18. But the words that come out of your mouth come from your heart. And they are what make you unfit to worship God.
19. Out of your heart come evil thoughts, murder, unfaithfulness in marriage, vulgar deeds, stealing, telling lies, and insulting others.
20. These are what make you unclean. Eating without washing your hands will not make you unfit to worship God.
21. Jesus left and went to the territory near the cities of Tyre and Sidon.
22. Suddenly a Canaanite woman from there came out shouting, “Lord and Son of David, have pity on me! My daughter is full of demons.”
23. Jesus did not say a word. But the woman kept following along and shouting, so his disciples came up and asked him to send her away.
24. Jesus said, “I was sent only to the people of Israel! They are like a flock of lost sheep.”
25. The woman came closer. Then she knelt down and begged, “Please help me, Lord!”
26. Jesus replied, “It isn't right to take food away from children and feed it to dogs.”