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Matthew 15:18 (NIV)
But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them.
Matthew 15:1 (NIV)
Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,
Matthew 15:10 (NIV)
Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand.
Matthew 15:11 (NIV)
What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”
Matthew 15:12 (NIV)
Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”
Matthew 15:13 (NIV)
He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.
Matthew 15:14 (NIV)
Leave them; they are blind guides. If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
Matthew 15:15 (NIV)
Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.”
Matthew 15:16 (NIV)
“Are you still so dull?” Jesus asked them.
Matthew 15:17 (NIV)
“Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?
Matthew 15:19 (NIV)
For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
Matthew 15:2 (NIV)
“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!”
Matthew 15:3 (NIV)
Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?
Matthew 15:4 (NIV)
For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’
Matthew 15:5 (NIV)
But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’
Matthew 15:6 (NIV)
they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
Matthew 15:7 (NIV)
You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:
Matthew 15:8 (NIV)
“ ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
Matthew 15:9 (NIV)
They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.’ ”
Matthew 15:20 (NIV)
These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”
Matthew 15:21 (NIV)
Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
Matthew 15:22 (NIV)
A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.”
Matthew 15:23 (NIV)
Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”
Matthew 15:24 (NIV)
He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.”
Matthew 15:25 (NIV)
The woman came and knelt before him. “Lord, help me!” she said.