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Matthew 15:18

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

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  1. Matthew 15:16

    And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?

  2. Matthew 15:17

    Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

  3. Matthew 15:19

    For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

  4. Matthew 15:20

    These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

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