What Truly Defiles a Person

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And he called to him the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:

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Not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which proceedeth out of the mouth, this defileth the man.

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Then came the disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?

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But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father planted not, shall be rooted up.

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Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.

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And Peter answered and said unto him, Declare unto us the parable.

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And he said, Are ye also even yet without understanding?

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Perceive ye not, that whatsoever goeth into the mouth passeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

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But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man.

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For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:

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these are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not the man.