Matthew 15:17-19
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
17 Do you not realize that everything that enters the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled into the latrine? 18 (A)But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile. 19 [a]For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, unchastity, theft, false witness, blasphemy.
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- 15:19 The Marcan list of thirteen things that defile (Mk 7:21–22) is here reduced to seven that partially cover the content of the Decalogue.
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