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^(h)It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man."

Then the disciples *came and *said to Him, "Do You know that the Pharisees were ^[d]offended when they heard this statement?"

But He answered and said, "⁽ⁱ⁾Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted.

Let them alone; ^(j)they are blind guides ^[e]of the blind. And ^(k)if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit."

Peter ^[f]said to Him, "^(l)Explain the parable to us."

^[g]Jesus said, "Are you still lacking in understanding also?

Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is ^[h]eliminated?

But ^(m)the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man.

⁽ⁿ⁾For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, ^[i]fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders.