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So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it ^(C1)boasts of great things. ^(C2)See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!

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And ^(C1)the tongue is a fire, the very world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set among ^(F1)our body's parts as that which ^(C2)defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of our ^(F2)life, and is set on fire by ^(F3)(C3)hell.

For every ^(F1)species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human ^(F1)race.

But no one among mankind can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of ^(C1)deadly poison.

With it we bless ^(C1)our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people, ^(C2)who have been made in the likeness of God;

from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brothers and sisters, these things should not be this way.