Matthew 15:14–20

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

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

16 “Do you still lack understanding?” heJ asked. 17 “Don’t you realizeK that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is eliminated?L 18 But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a person.j 19 For from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies,k slander.l 20 These are the things that defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile a person.”m