Matthew 15:9-11

Christian Standard Bible

⁹They worship me in vain,
teaching as doctrines human commands.”^[a]^(A)

Defilement Is from Within

¹⁰Summoning the crowd, he told them, “Listen and understand: ¹¹It’s not what goes into the mouth that defiles^(B) a person, but what comes out of the mouth—this defiles a person.”^(C)

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Footnotes

15:8–9 Is 29:13 LXX

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