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10 And summoning the crowd, he said to them, "Hear and understand:
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Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand.
11 It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth--this defiles a person."
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What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”
12 Then the disciples came [and] said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended [when they] heard this saying?"
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Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”
13 And he answered [and] said, "Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.
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He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.
14 Let them! They are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."
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Leave them; they are blind guides.If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
15 But Peter answered [and] said to him, "Explain this parable to us."
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Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.”
16 But he said, "Are you also still without understanding?
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“Are you still so dull?” Jesus asked them.
17 Do you not understand that everything that enters into the mouth goes into the stomach and is evacuated into the latrine?
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“Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?
18 But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these defile the person.
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But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them.
19 For from the heart come evil plans, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, abusive speech.
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For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
20 These are the things that defile a person. But eating with unwashed hands does not defile a person!"
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These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”
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