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Their worship of me is pointless,
    because their teachings are rules made by humans.’”

10 Then he called the crowd and said to them, “Listen and try to understand! 11 What goes into a person’s mouth doesn’t make him unclean.[a] It’s what comes out of the mouth that makes a person unclean.”

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  1. Matthew 15:11 “Unclean” refers to anything that Moses’ Teachings say is not presentable to God.

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