^11 (A)it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”

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.