Matthew 15:18-20

18 "But ¹the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man.

19 "²For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders.

20 "These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man."

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 12:34; Mark 7:20
• 2. Galatians 5:19f

Footnotes

• [a] I.e. sexual immorality