Matthew 15:2-20

2“WhyG1223G5101 do Your disciplesG3101 breakG3845 the traditionG3862 of the eldersG4245? For they 1do not washG3538 their handsG5495 whenG3752 they eatG2068 breadG740.” 3And He answeredG611 and saidG3004 to them, “WhyG1223 do you yourselvesG4771 alsoG2532 breakG3845 the commandmentG1785 of GodG2316 for the sakeG1223 of your traditionG3862? 4For GodG2316 saidG3004, ‘2HonorG5091 your fatherG3962 and motherG3384,’ and, ‘3The one who speaksG2551 evilG2551 ofG2551 fatherG3962 orG2228 motherG3384 is to 4be putG5053 to deathG2288.’ 5But you sayG3004, ‘WhoeverG3739G302 saysG3004 to his fatherG3962 orG2228 motherG3384, “WhateverG3739G1437 I haveG1537 that would helpG5623 you has been 5givenG1435 to God,” 6he is not to 6honorG5091 his fatherG3962 or mother.’ And by this you have invalidatedG208 the wordG3056 of GodG2316 for the sakeG1223 of your traditionG3862. 7You hypocritesG5273, rightlyG2573 did IsaiahG2268 prophesyG4395 aboutG4012 you, by saying:8‘7ThisG3778 peopleG2992 honorsG5091 Me with their lipsG5491, But their heartG2588 is farG4206 awayG568 from Me.9And inG3155 vainG3155 do they worshipG4576 Me, TeachingG1321 as 8doctrinesG1319 the commandmentsG1778 of menG444.’”

10After Jesus calledG4341 the crowdG3793 to Him, He saidG3004 to them, “HearG191 and understandG4920! 119It is not whatG3588 entersG1525 the mouthG4750 that defilesG2840 the personG444, but whatG3588 comesG1607 outG1607 of the mouthG4750, thisG3778 defilesG2840 the personG444.”

12ThenG5119 the disciplesG3101 cameG4334 and saidG3004 to Him, “Do You knowG3609 that the PhariseesG5330 were 10offendedG4624 when they heardG191 thisG3588 statementG3056?” 13But He answeredG611 and saidG3004, “11EveryG3956 plantG5451 whichG3739 My heavenlyG3770 FatherG3962 did not plantG5452 will be uprootedG1610. 14LeaveG863 them aloneG863; 12they are blindG5185 guidesG3595 13of blindG5185 peopleG5185. And 14ifG1437 a personG5185 who is blindG5185 guidesG3594 another who is blindG5185, bothG297 will fallG4098 into a pitG999.”

15PeterG4074 15saidG3004 to Him, “16ExplainG5419 the parableG3850 to us.” 1617Jesus saidG3004, “Are you alsoG2532 stillG188 lackingG801 inG801 understandingG801? 17Do you not understandG3539 that everythingG3956 that goesG1531 into the mouthG4750 passesG5562 into the stomachG2836, and is 18eliminatedG1519G856G1544? 18But 19the things that comeG1607 outG1607 of the mouthG4750 comeG1831 from the heartG2588, and thoseG2548 things defileG2840 the personG444. 1920For out of the heartG2588 comeG1831 evilG4190 thoughtsG1261, murdersG5408, acts of adulteryG3430, other immoralG4202 sexualG4202 actsG4202, theftsG2829, falseG5577 testimoniesG5577, and 21slanderousG988 statementsG988. 20TheseG3778 are the things that defileG2840 the personG444; but to eatG2068 with unwashedG449 handsG5495 does not defileG2840 the personG444.”