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Matthew 15:7-12 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

7. Hypocrites! How well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying:

8. 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

9. For in vain do they worship me, teaching the doctrines and commandments of men.' "

10. And having called the multitudes to him, he said to them: "Listen and understand.

11. A man is not defiled by what enters into the mouth, but by what proceeds from the mouth. This is what defiles a man."

12. Then his disciples drew near and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees, upon hearing this word, were offended?"

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