³⁷ For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

¹¹ It’s not what goes into the mouth that defiles^(A) a person, but what comes out of the mouth—this defiles a person.”^(B)

¹⁸ But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a person.^{(A) 19} For from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies,^(B) slander.^{(C) 20} These are the things that defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile a person.”^(D)

⁸ but no one can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.^(A)