Matthew 15:10-20

New Century Version

¹⁰ After Jesus called the crowd to him, he said, “Listen and understand what I am saying. ¹¹ It is not what people put into their mouths that makes them unclean. It is what comes out of their mouths that makes them unclean.”

¹² Then his followers came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees are angry because of what you said?”

¹³ Jesus answered, “Every plant that my Father in heaven has not planted himself will be pulled up by the roots. ¹⁴ Stay away from the Pharisees; they are blind leaders.^[a] And if a blind person leads a blind person, both will fall into a ditch.”

¹⁵ Peter said, “Explain the example to us.”

¹⁶ Jesus said, “Do you still not understand? ¹⁷ Surely you know that all the food that enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then goes out of the body. ¹⁸ But what people say with their mouths comes from the way they think; these are the things that make people unclean. ¹⁹ Out of the mind come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual sins, stealing, lying, and speaking evil of others. ²⁰ These things make people unclean; eating with unwashed hands does not make them unclean.”