20. He went on: ‘What comes out of a person is what defiles them.
21. For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come – sexual immorality, theft, murder,
22. adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.
23. All these evils come from inside and defile a person.’
24. Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence secret.
25. In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an impure spirit came and fell at his feet.
26. The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.
27. ‘First let the children eat all they want,’ he told her, ‘for it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.’