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16 “Are you also still lacking understanding?” Yeshua said. 17 “Don’t you grasp that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and then is ejected into the sewer? 18 But the things that proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart, and those things make the man unholy. 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, and slander. [a] 20 These are the things that make the man unholy; but to eat with unwashed hands does not make the man unholy.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 15:20 cf. Jer. 17:9.

16 “Are you still so dull?”(A) Jesus asked them. 17 “Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? 18 But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart,(B) and these defile them. 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.(C) 20 These are what defile a person;(D) but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”

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