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Matthew 15:1-20 : Things that Defile

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1 IWCI e'kipie'naskawawat CisusIn, We'npie'ke'cuk, ipi Pe'nisiuk kiwcupie'k Cinosne'muk katacuk, otIcI kikItwuk;

2 TacIshIna ke'knomotwa we'cpikupitowat. kapie'shIcke'nIt ke'ctaosIncIn? Coke' ksince'sik pic wawisnawacIn.

3 OtI cI okishInkwe'twan, ipi okinan, TacIke'kinwa we'cpikupitoie'k, i Kshe'mIne'to okukie'kwe'wun, e'te'pwe'tme'k kapie'shIcke'wat ke'ctaosIcIk.

4 Kshe'mIne'to kikie'kwe', otI kItwak, Kcupite'num Kos, ipi ke'‘. WincIke' o ke'miashtotwat, osIn tanake' okie'iIn, nocma we'we'nI win kInpowak.

5 KinwacI ktukitom; We'kwe'nshItuk ke'nakwe'n osIn tanake' okie'iIn, I ie'i mikwe'wIn, kishpIn ke'ko nishokmonan co otI okIc-pite'nmasin ni osIn, tanake', okie'iIn.

6 Iw ie'i we'cpnactoie'k ni Kshe'mIne'to okukie'kwe'wIn ni ktIshcIke'onawan.

7 E'numIe'kasie'k; we'we'nI Ise'us, ki nikanacimukwa, otI kItwak;

8 KotI nIshInape'k pe'shoc e'ciian pie'ik, ipi npie'kcImnotshumkok otoniwak nicu‘wi ote'‘iwan pnocte'nI.

9 Coin nkot, nomkIsnon e'nume'kita‘wat me'kwa e'shkukinomake'wat, okukie'kwe'onawan ki nInwuk, icI ni nkukie'kwe'onIn.

10 IcI e'kintomat maoce'tincIn e'kinat; PsItImok, ipi nsItomok.

11 Cowi patike'mkuk otonik winukwsin nInI iwsIie'k pie'sakumomkItnuk shiw otonik nInI, i ie'k wanakwu‘ukot.

12 IcI kipie'n ke'knomowacIn, icI e'kikot; KikInmaknI ki Pe'nisiuk e'kipwamnwe'ntumwat kakishnotmowat, otI kakItiIn.

13 IcI okinkwe'twan, ipi kikIto, Caye'k sakwe'k Nos shpumuk e'iIt, kapwaktIkatuk, kupkocwe'pcIkate'.

14 Ponikaki kiw; winwa kie'pikwe'k pumskapie'nawan ke'kie'pikwancIn kishpIncI ke'kie'pikwat pme'skapie'nat, ni ke'kie'pikwancIn ne'ne'ish kupitse'k e'cIwankate'nuk.

15 IcI kinkwe'take't Pitu, ipi otI e'kinat; WitmoshInak ninan, iw iacimown.

16 IcI Cisus okinan, Kinwanuke', me'kwa comshe', kinIstotake'sim?

17 ConukwnI, ke' kinwa mshIknIstotsinawa we'kwe'ntuk patke'mkuk ktoniwakshie'mkIt shi, kshukiwak, iwcI sakcIwe'pinukate'k nkoci?

18 IwcI ie'k pie'ocIsakumomkuk otonik pie'osukie'nI ote'‘ik, ie'i wanakwukot nInI.

19 Pie'osukamkuk ote'‘ima sakumomkIt mIcIshIte'‘e'wunIn nsItwunIn waonIshkaiwunIn kie'patsuwunIn kmotwunIn kno‘skacmowInIn mIcIkikitowInIn.

20 Niw notI wanakwukot nInI, otI cI, e'wisnIt e'pwamshIksincat coin winakwuksin nInI.

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Things That Defile

By Junchol Lee


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To defile means to make something impure or dirty. To be made impure, it has to be pure, and to be made dirty, it has to be clean. In Matthew, Jesus emphasizes the things that defile us and explains from where they come. This teaching indirectly answers one of the most troubling questions: How did evil come into being in a good world created by a loving God?

(References: Arcana Coelestia 410-411)