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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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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 15:9 sn A quotation from Isa 29:13.
  2. 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.
  3. Matthew 15:11 tn Grk “but what.”