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14 Jesus called the people to him again. He said, “Everyone should listen to me and understand what I am saying. 15 There is nothing people can put in their mouth that will make them wrong.[a] People are made wrong by what comes from inside them.” 16 [b]

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  1. Mark 7:15 wrong Literally, “unclean” or “not pure,” meaning unacceptable to God. Also in verse 20.
  2. Mark 7:16 Some Greek copies add verse 16: “You people who hear me, listen!”

14 Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. 15 Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.” [16] [a]

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  1. Mark 7:16 Some manuscripts include here the words of 4:23.