Matthew 15:11-18

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

12Then the disciples came up and told him, “Do you know that the Pharisees took offense when they heard what you said?”

13He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.

14Leave them alone! They are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

15Then Peter said, “Explain this parable to us.”

16“Do you still lack understanding?” he asked.

17“Don’t you realize that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is eliminated?

18But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a person.