Those who walk blamelessly, and do what is right, and speak the truth
from their heart; who do not slander with their tongue, and do no evil to their
friends, nor take up a reproach against their neighbours; in whose eyes the
wicked are despised, but who honour those who fear the Lord; who stand by their
oath even to their hurt; who do not lend money at interest, and do not take a
bribe against the innocent. Those who do these things shall never be moved.
Then he called the crowd again and said to them, “Listen to me, all of you
and understand, there is nothing outside a person that by going in can defile,
but things that come out are what defile.…..For it is from within, from the
human heart, that evil intentions come; fornication, theft, murder, adultery,
avarice, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, folly. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.
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