¹⁷ Do you not see that ^(A)whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled?^[a]

¹⁸ But ^(A)what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person.

¹⁹ For out of the heart come ^(A)evil thoughts, ^(B)murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, ^(C)slander.

^20 (A)These are what defile a person. But ^(B)to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone.”