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20 These things it be that defoul a man; but to eat with hands not washed [soothly for to eat with hands unwashen], defouleth not a man.

21 And Jesus went out from thence, and went into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.

22 And lo! a woman of Canaan went out of those coasts, and cried, and said to him [saying to him], Lord, the son of David, have mercy on me; my daughter is evil travailed of a fiend [my daughter is evil travailed of a devil].

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20 These are what defile a person;(A) but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”

The Faith of a Canaanite Woman(B)

21 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.(C) 22 A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David,(D) have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.”(E)

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