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When he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable.
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He said to them, "Then do you also fail to understand? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile,
Footnotes 1
[a].
Other ancient authorities add [Let anyone with ears to hear listen]
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