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Matthew 15:16-20

Matthew 15:16

Jesus said, “Are you also still lacking in understanding?

Matthew 15:17

Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is eliminated?

Matthew 15:18

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and those things defile the person.

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, acts of adultery, other immoral sexual acts, thefts, false testimonies, and slanderous statements.

Matthew 15:20

These are the things that defile the person; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the person.” The Faith of a Canaanite Woman