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Matthew 15:18
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16 So Jesus said, a“Are you also still without understanding?  
17 Do you not yet understand that awhatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated?  
18 But athose things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man.  
19 aFor out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.  
20 These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”

A Gentile Shows Her Faith

21 aThen Jesus went out from there and departed to the region of Tyre and Sidon.  
22 And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, aSon of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed.”  
Verse Comparison: Matthew 15:18

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American Standard Version
But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man.

Amplified® Bible
But whatever comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this is what makes a man unclean {and} defiles [him].

Contemporary English Version
But the words that come out of your mouth come from your heart. And they are what make you unfit to worship God.

Darby English Version
but the things which go forth out of the mouth come out of the heart, and those defile man.

Good News Bible
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these are the things that make you ritually unclean.

International Standard Version
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and it is those things that make a person unclean.

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

New American Standard Bible
"But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man.

New International Version
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man 'unclean.'

New King James Version
But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man.

Young's Literal Translation
but the things coming forth from the mouth from the heart do come forth, and these defile the man;

New English Translation
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a person.


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