Popular Bible Verses from Matthew 15

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The words that people speak come from their thoughts. It is what comes out of their mouths that makes them unclean. Evil thoughts come from people's minds. As a result, they do wrong things. They murder people. They have sex with another man's wife. They have sex in other wrong ways. They rob people. They tell lies about other people. They insult people.

It is not food that goes into people's mouths that makes them unclean. Instead, what comes out of people's mouths is important. It may show that what is inside them is unclean.’

God says, “These people use their lips to say that I am great, but they do not want to obey me. They worship me, but what they say has no purpose. They teach their own rules, which I did not give to them.” ’

Jesus answered her, ‘Woman, you show clearly that you believe in God. God will do what you have asked.’ At that moment the woman's daughter became well again.

Then the woman came to Jesus and she went down on her knees in front of him. She said, ‘Lord, please help me!’ Jesus did answer the woman this time. He said, ‘It is not right to take food from the children and then throw it to the dogs.’ The woman replied to Jesus. ‘Yes Lord, that is true. But even the dogs eat the small pieces of food that fall from their master's table.’