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They say that I am great.
    But what they say has no purpose.
    They teach their own rules, which I did not give to them.” ’

Jesus talks about the wrong things that people do

10 Jesus asked the crowd of people to come to him. He said to them, ‘Listen to me, so that you can understand my message. 11 It is not food that goes into people's mouths that makes them unclean. Instead, what comes out of people's mouths is important. It may show that what is inside them is unclean.’

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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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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 15:9 Isaiah 29:13