Matthew 15:10-12

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Things That Defile

¹⁰ Then he called the crowd to him and said to them, “Listen and understand: ¹¹ it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles.”^{(A) 12} Then the disciples approached and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees took offense when they heard what you said?”