8
These people honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.
9
They worship Me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commands of men. "
Defilement Is from Within
10 Summoning the crowd, He told them, "Listen and understand:
11
It's not what goes into the mouth that defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man."
12
Then the disciples came up and told Him, "Do You know that the Pharisees took offense when they heard this statement?"
13
He replied, "Every plant that My heavenly Father didn't plant will be uprooted.
14
Leave them alone! They are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."
15
Then Peter replied to Him, "Explain this parable to us."
16
"Are even you still lacking in understanding?" He asked.
17
"Don't you realize that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is eliminated?
18
But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a man.