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11 it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles."
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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 approached and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees took offense when they heard what you 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 He answered, "Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted 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 alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if one blind person guides another, 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 said to him, "Explain this parable to us."
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Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.”
16 Then he said, "Are you also still without understanding?
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“Are you still so dull?” Jesus asked them.
17 Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach, and goes out 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 what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this is what defiles.
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But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them.
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