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11 It’s not what goes into your mouth that defiles you; you are defiled by the words that come out of your mouth.”
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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 to him and asked, “Do you realize you offended the Pharisees by what you just said?”
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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 Jesus replied, “Every plant not planted by my heavenly Father 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 so ignore them. They are blind guides leading the blind, and if one blind person guides another, they will both fall into a ditch.”
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Leave them; they are blind guides.If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
15 Then Peter said to Jesus, “Explain to us the parable that says people aren’t defiled by what they eat.”
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Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.”
16 “Don’t you understand yet?” Jesus asked.
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“Are you still so dull?” Jesus asked them.
17 “Anything you eat passes through the stomach and then goes into the sewer.
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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 words you speak come from the heart—that’s what defiles you.
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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 thoughts, murder, adultery, all sexual immorality, theft, lying, and slander.
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For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
20 These are what defile you. Eating with unwashed hands will never defile you.”
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These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”
21 Then Jesus left Galilee and went north to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
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Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
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