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Matthew 15:10-20

Matthew 15:10-20 CSB

Summoning the crowd, he told them, “Listen and understand: It’s not what goes into the mouth that defiles   a person, but what comes out of the mouth #— #this defiles a person.”   Then the disciples came up and told him, “Do you know that the Pharisees took offense when they heard what you said? ” He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.   Leave them alone! They are blind guides.   And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”   Then Peter said, “Explain this parable to us.”  “Do you still lack understanding? ” he  asked. “Don’t you realize   that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is eliminated?   But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a person.   For from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies,   slander.   These are the things that defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile a person.”