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Matthew 15:1-20

1 Then some Pharisees and scribes came from Jerusalem to Jesus. They asked,

1 Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,

2 "Why do your disciples break the traditions of our ancestors? They do not wash their hands before they eat."

2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!”

3 He answered them, "Why do you break the commandment of God because of your traditions?

3 Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?

4 For example, God said, 'Honor your father and your mother' and 'Whoever curses father or mother must be put to death.'

4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’and ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’

5 But you say that whoever tells his father or mother, 'I have given to God whatever support you might have received from me,'

5 But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’

6 does not have to honor his father. Because of your traditions you have destroyed the authority of God's word.

6 they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

7 You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:

8 'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

8 “ ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

9 Their worship of me is pointless, because their teachings are rules made by humans.'"

9 They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.’”

10 Then he called the crowd and said to them, "Listen and try to understand!

10 Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand.

11 What goes into a person's mouth doesn't make him unclean. It's what comes out of the mouth that makes a person unclean."

11 What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”

12 Then the disciples came and said to him, "Do you realize that when the Pharisees heard your statement they were offended?"

12 Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”

13 He answered, "Any plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.

13 He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.

14 Leave them alone! They are blind leaders. When one blind person leads another, both will fall into the same pit."

14 Leave them; they are blind guides.If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

15 Peter said to him, "Explain this illustration to us."

15 Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.”

16 Jesus said, "Don't you understand yet?

16 “Are you still so dull?” Jesus asked them.

17 Don't you know that whatever goes into the mouth goes into the stomach and then into a toilet?

17 “Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?

18 But whatever goes out of the mouth comes from within, and that's what makes a person unclean.

18 But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them.

19 Evil thoughts, murder, adultery, [other] sexual sins, stealing, lying, and cursing come from within.

19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

20 These are the things that make a person unclean. But eating without washing one's hands doesn't make a person unclean."

20 These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”