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When he had entered into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.
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He said to them, "Are you so without understanding also? Don`t you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can`t defile him,
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because it doesn`t go into his heart, but into his belly, and into the latrine, thus making all foods clean?"
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He said, "That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.
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For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,
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covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.
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All these evil things proceed from within, and defile the man."