18. But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these defile the person.
19. For from the heart come evil plans, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, abusive speech.
20. These are the things that defile a person. But eating with unwashed hands does not defile a person!”
21. And departing from there, Jesus went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
22. And behold, a Canaanite woman from that district came and cried out, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely possessed by a demon!”
23. But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came up and asked him, saying, “Send her away, because she is crying out after us!”
24. But he answered and said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”