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Matthew 15:9-11
New English Translation
Matthew 15:9-11
New English Translation
9 and they worship me in vain,
teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”[a]
True Defilement
10 Then he called the crowd to him and said,[b] “Listen and understand. 11 What defiles a person is not what goes into the mouth; it is what[c] comes out of the mouth that defiles a person.”
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- Matthew 15:9 sn A quotation from Isa 29:13.
- Matthew 15:10 tn Grk “And calling the crowd, he said to them.” The participle προσκαλεσάμενος (proskalesamenos) has been translated as attendant circumstance. The emphasis here is upon Jesus’ speaking to the crowd.
- Matthew 15:11 tn Grk “but what.”
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