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And having called near all the multitude, he said to them, `Hearken to me, ye all, and understand;
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there is nothing from without the man entering into him that is able to defile him, but the things coming out from him, those are the things defiling the man.
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If any hath ears to hear -- let him hear.'
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And when he entered into a house from the multitude, his disciples were questioning him about the simile,
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and he saith to them, `So also ye are without understanding! Do ye not perceive that nothing from without entering into the man is able to defile him?
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because it doth not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and into the drain it doth go out, purifying all the meats.'
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And he said -- `That which is coming out from the man, that doth defile the man;
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for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders,
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thefts, covetous desires, wickedness, deceit, arrogance, an evil eye, evil speaking, pride, foolishness;
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all these evils do come forth from within, and they defile the man.'
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And from thence having risen, he went away to the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and having entered into the house, he wished none to know, and he was not able to be hid,