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There is nothing from outside a man entering into him which can defile him; but the things which go out from him, those it is which defile the man.
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If any one have ears to hear, let him hear.
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And when he went indoors from the crowd, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
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And he says to them, Are *ye* also thus unintelligent? Do ye not perceive that all that is outside entering into the man cannot defile him,
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because it does not enter into his heart but into his belly, and goes out into the draught, purging all meats?
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And he said, That which goes forth out of the man, that defiles the man.
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For from within, out of the heart of men, go forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
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thefts, covetousness, wickednesses, deceit, licentiousness, a wicked eye, injurious language, haughtiness, folly;
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all these wicked things go forth from within and defile the man.
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And he rose up and went away thence into the borders of Tyre and Sidon; and having entered into a house he would not have any one know [it], and he could not be hid.
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But immediately a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell at his feet