Things That Defile a Man

Matthew 15

Matthew 15:10 And having called the multitudes to him, he said to them: “Listen and understand.

Matthew 15:11 A man is not defiled by what enters into the mouth, but by what proceeds from the mouth. This is what defiles a man.”

Matthew 15:12 Then his disciples drew near and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees, upon hearing this word, were offended?”

Matthew 15:13 But in response he said: “Every plant which has not been planted by my heavenly Father shall be uprooted.

Matthew 15:14 Leave them alone. They are blind, and they lead the blind. But if the blind are in charge of the blind, both will fall into the pit.”

Matthew 15:15 And responding, Peter said to him, “Explain this parable to us.”

Matthew 15:16 But he said: “Are you, even now, without understanding?

Matthew 15:17 Do you not understand that everything that enters into the mouth goes into the gut, and is cast into the sewer?

Matthew 15:18 But what proceeds from the mouth, goes forth from the heart, and those are the things that defile a man.

Matthew 15:19 For from the heart go out evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.

Matthew 15:20 These are the things that defile a man. But to eat without washing hands does not defile a man.”