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After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said to them, "Hear and understand!

"^(C1)It is not what enters the mouth that defiles the person, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles the person."

Then the disciples came and ^(*)said to Him, "Do You know that the Pharisees were ^(F1)offended when they heard this statement?"

But He answered and said, "^(C1)Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.

"Leave them alone; ^(C1)they are blind guides ^(F1)of blind people. And ^(C2)if a person who is blind guides another who is blind, both will fall into a pit."

Peter ^(F1)said to Him, "^(C1)Explain the parable to us."

^(F1)Jesus said, "Are you also still lacking in understanding?

"Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is ^(F1)eliminated?

"But ^(C1)the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and those things defile the person.

"^(C1)For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, acts of adultery, other immoral sexual acts, thefts, false testimonies, and ^(F1)slanderous statements.

"These are the things that defile the person; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the person."