Matthew 15:2-20

2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. 3But he answered and said to them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? 4For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. 5But ye say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatever thou mightest be profited by me; 6And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free . Thus have ye made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition. 7Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, 8This people draweth near to me with their mouth, and honour me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. 9But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

10And he called the multitude, and said to them, Hear, and understand: 11Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. 12Then came his disciples, and said to him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? 13But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted out. 14Let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leadeth the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. 15Then answered Peter and said to him, Make known to us the meaning of this parable. 16And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? 17Do ye not yet understand, that whatever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the stomach, and is cast out into the draught? 18But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. 19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: 20These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashed hands defileth not a man.