Matthew 15:10–18

¹⁰He summoned the multitude, and said to them,“Hear, and understand.↗

¹¹That which enters into the mouth doesn’t defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”↗

¹²Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”↗

¹³But he answered,“Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.↗

¹⁴Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”↗

¹⁵Peter answered him, “Explain the parable to us.”↗

¹⁶So Jesus said,“Do you also still not understand?↗

¹⁷Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly and then out of the body?↗

¹⁸But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.↗