18 But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a person.(A)

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18 But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart,(A) and these defile them.

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15 Nothing that goes into a person from outside can defile him but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 7:15 Some mss include v. 16: “If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen.”

15 Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.”

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28 shouting, “Fellow Israelites, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this place. What’s more, he also brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”(A)

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28 shouting, “Fellow Israelites, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and our law and this place. And besides, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”(A)

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13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow, sprinkling those who are defiled, sanctify for the purification of the flesh,(A)

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13 The blood of goats and bulls(A) and the ashes of a heifer(B) sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean.

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