Matthew 15:10-20

10After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said to them, “Hear and understand. 111It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”

12Then the disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were 2offended when they heard this statement?” 13But He answered and said, “3Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted. 14Let them alone; 4they are blind guides 5of the blind. And 6if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”

15Peter 7said to Him, “8Explain the parable to us.” 169Jesus said, “Are you still lacking in understanding also? 17Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is 10eliminated? 18But 11the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man. 1912For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, 13fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders. 20These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.”