17 Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is [a]eliminated? 18 But (A)the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man. 19 (B)For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, [b]fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 15:17 Lit thrown out into the latrine
  2. Matthew 15:19 I.e. sexual immorality

17 “Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? 18 But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart,(A) and these defile them. 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.(B)

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