Matthew 15:17

Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly and then out of the body?

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Before · Matthew 15:15–16

15Peter answered him, “Explain the parable to us.” 16So Jesus said, “Do you also still not understand?

17Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly and then out of the body?

After · Matthew 15:18–19

18But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man. 19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.

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