^10 (A)When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, “Hear and understand: ^11 (B)Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”

¹² Then His disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”

¹³ But He answered and said, ^(C)“Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. ¹⁴ Let them alone. ^(D)They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”

^15 (E)Then Peter answered and said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”

¹⁶ So Jesus said, ^(F)“Are you also still without understanding? ¹⁷ Do you not yet understand that ^(G)whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated? ¹⁸ But ^(H)those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. ^19 (I)For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. ²⁰ These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”