Matthew 15:11–20

¹¹not that which is coming into the mouth doth defile the man, but that which is coming forth from the mouth, this defileth the man.’ ¹²Then his disciples having come near, said to him, ‘Hast thou known that the Pharisees, having heard the word, were stumbled?’ ¹³And he answering said, ‘Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant shall be rooted up; ¹⁴let them alone, guides they are—blind of blind; and if blind may guide blind, both into a ditch shall fall.’ ¹⁵And Peter answering said to him, ‘Explain to us this simile.’ ¹⁶And Jesus said, ‘Are ye also yet without understanding? ¹⁷do ye not understand that all that is going into the mouth doth pass into the belly, and into the drain is cast forth? ¹⁸but the things coming forth from the mouth from the heart do come forth, and these defile the man; ¹⁹for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false witnessings, evil speakings: ²⁰these are the things defiling the man; but to eat with unwashen hands doth not defile the man.’