Matthew 15:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
Matthew 15:2 ESV
“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat.”
Matthew 15:3 ESV
He answered them, “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?
Matthew 15:4 ESV
For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’
Matthew 15:5 ESV
But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or his mother, “What you would have gained from me is given to God,”
Matthew 15:6 ESV
he need not honor his father.’ So for the sake of your tradition you have made void the word of God.
Matthew 15:11 ESV
it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”
Matthew 15:12 ESV
Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”
Matthew 15:13 ESV
He answered, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up.
Matthew 15:14 ESV
Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
Matthew 15:17 ESV
Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled?
Matthew 15:18 ESV
But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person.
Matthew 15:19 ESV
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.
Matthew 15:20 ESV
These are what defile a person. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone.”