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They have mouths, but they do not speak;
    they have eyes, but they do not see.

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They have mouths, but cannot speak,(A)
    eyes, but cannot see.

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Their idols[a] are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,
    and they cannot speak;
they have to be carried,
    for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
    for they cannot do evil,
    nor is it in them to do good.(A)

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  1. 10.5 Heb They

Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field,
    their idols cannot speak;(A)
they must be carried
    because they cannot walk.(B)
Do not fear them;
    they can do no harm(C)
    nor can they do any good.”(D)

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Hence, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “no idol in the world really exists” and that “there is no God but one.”(A)

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So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols:(A) We know that “An idol is nothing at all in the world”(B) and that “There is no God but one.”(C)

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You know that when you were gentiles you were enticed and led astray to idols that could not speak.(A)

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You know that when you were pagans,(A) somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.(B)

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