They worship me in vain,
teaching as doctrines human commands.[a](A)

Defilement Is from Within

10 Summoning the crowd, he told them, “Listen and understand: 11 It’s not what goes into the mouth that defiles(B) a person, but what comes out of the mouth—this defiles a person.”(C)

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  1. 15:8–9 Is 29:13 LXX

They worship me in vain;
    their teachings are merely human rules.(A)[a](B)

10 Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand. 11 What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them,(C) but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”(D)

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  1. Matthew 15:9 Isaiah 29:13