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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Jesus uses this question to express his disappointment that they do not understa
 
 # it cannot go into his heart
 
-Here "heart" is a metonym for a person's inner being or mind. AT: "it cannot go into his inner being" or "it cannot go into his mind" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
+Here "heart" is a metonym for a person's inner being or mind. Here Jesus means that food does not affect a person's character. AT: "it cannot go into his inner being" or "it cannot go into his mind" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
 
 # Do you not see that whatever enters ... latrine?