57. After the Sermon (continued)

        ¹⁰And he called the people to him and said: “Hear and understand: ¹¹It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth.”
        ¹²Then the apostles came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”
        ¹³He answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. ¹⁴Let them alone. They are blind guides. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the pit.”
        ¹⁵But Peter said to him, “Explain the parable to us.”
        ¹⁶And he said, “Are you also still without understanding? ¹⁷Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and so passes on? ¹⁸But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a man. ¹⁹For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, theft, false witness, and slander. ²⁰These are what defile a man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”
        (Mt. 15:10–20)

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Mt. 15:11  It is not / not (RSV) • mouth that defiles / mouth, this defiles (RSV)
Mt. 15:12  the apostles came (Ch. 22, fn. a) / the disciples came (RSV)
Mt. 15:14  if the blind lead the blind, both (KJV) / if a blind man leads a blind man, both (RSV) • both shall fall (KJV) / both will fall (RSV) • into the pit (KJV) / into a pit (RSV)
Mt. 15:19  adultery, theft / adultery, fornication, theft (RSV)   (153:3/1712–3)

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