Matthew 15:10-20 (New International Version)
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Jesus called the crowd to him and said, "Listen and understand.
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What goes into a man's mouth does not make him 'unclean,'1 but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him 'unclean.' "2
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Then the disciples came to him and asked, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?"
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He replied, "Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted3 will be pulled up by the roots.
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Leave them; they are blind guides.a4 If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit."5
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Peter said, "Explain the parable to us."6
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"Are you still so dull?"7 Jesus asked them.
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"Don't you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?
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But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart,8 and these make a man 'unclean.'
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For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.9
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These are what make a man 'unclean';10 but eating with unwashed hands does not make him 'unclean.' "
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