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And calling the crowd near, He said to them, Hear and understand:

It is not the thing entering into the mouth that defiles the man, but the thing coming forth out of the mouth, this defiles the man.

Then coming, the disciples said to Him, You know that hearing the Word, the Pharisees were offended?

But answering, He said, Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted up.

Leave them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind; and if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.

And answering, Peter said to Him, Explain this parable to us.

But Jesus said, Are you also still without understanding?

Do you not yet perceive that everything entering into the mouth goes into the belly, and is thrown out into the waste bowl?

But the things which come out of the mouth come forth from the heart, and these defile the man.

For out of the heart come forth reasonings, evil things , murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, lies, blasphemies.

These things are the things defiling the man. But eating with unwashed hands does not defile the man.