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15 But Peter[a] said to him, “Explain this parable to us.” 16 Jesus[b] said, “Even after all this, are you still so foolish? 17 Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach and then passes out into the sewer?[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 15:15 tn Grk “And answering, Peter said to him.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.
  2. Matthew 15:16 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
  3. Matthew 15:17 tn Or “into the latrine.”