Matthew 15:8–14

8 This peopleG honors me with their lips,

but their heart is far from me.

9 They worship me in vain,

teaching as doctrines human commands.”* d

DEFILEMENT IS FROM WITHIN

10 Summoning the crowd, he told them, “Listen and understand: 11 It’s not what goes into the mouth that defilese a person, but what comes out of the mouth—this defiles a person.”f

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

13 He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.g 14 Leave them alone! They are blind guides.I And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”h