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17 When he had left the crowd and entered the house, His disciples questioned Him about the parable.
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After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable.
18 And He said to them, "Are you so lacking in understanding also? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him,
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“Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them?
19 because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is eliminated ?" (Thus He declared all foods clean.)
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For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.” (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.)
20 And He was saying, "That which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man.
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He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them.
21 "For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,
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For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder,
22 deeds of coveting and wickedness, as well as deceit, sensuality, envy , slander, pride and foolishness.
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adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.
23 "All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man."
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All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”
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