Matthew 15:9-11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
9 (A)in vain do they worship me,
teaching as doctrines human precepts.’”
10 (B)He summoned the crowd and said to them, “Hear and understand. 11 It is not what enters one’s mouth that defiles that person; but what comes out of the mouth is what defiles one.”
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