Matthew 15:10-20

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

¹⁰ And having summoned the crowd, He said to them, “Listen and understand. ¹¹ The thing entering into the mouth does not defile^[a] the person. But the thing proceeding out of the mouth— this defiles the person”.

The Pharisees Focus On What Goes Into The Body Versus What Comes From The Heart

¹² Then having come to Him, the disciples say to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees, having heard Your statement, took-offense^[b]? ¹³ But the One, having responded, said, “Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted. ¹⁴ Leave them alone. They are blind guides of blind ones. And if a blind one guides a blind one, both will fall into a pit”. ¹⁵ And having responded, Peter said to Him, “Explain this parable to us”. ¹⁶ And the One said, “Are you^[c] even yet also without-understanding? ¹⁷ Do you not perceive that everything proceeding into the mouth advances into the stomach and is expelled into a latrine? ¹⁸ But the things proceeding out of the mouth come out of the heart. And those things defile the person. ¹⁹ For out of the heart come evil thoughts^[d], murders, adulteries, sexual-immoralities, thefts, false-testimonies^[e], blasphemies. ²⁰ These are the things defiling the person. But the eating with unwashed hands does not defile the person”.