Matthew 15:10-11
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Things That Defile
10 Then he called the crowd to him and said to them, “Listen and understand: 11 it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles.”(A)
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Matthew 15:17-20
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17 Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach and goes out into the sewer? 18 But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this is what defiles.(A) 19 For out of the heart come evil intentions, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.(B) 20 These are what defile a person, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile.”
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