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Matthew 15:1-20

1 Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,

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

2 "Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread."

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

3 And He answered and said to them, "Why do you yourselves transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?

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

4 "For God said, 'HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER,' and, 'HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER IS TO 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, 'Whoever says to his father or mother, "Whatever I have that would help you has been given to God,"

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 he is not to honor his father or his mother .' And by this you invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

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, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you:

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

8 'THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME.

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

9 'BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.' "

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

10 After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said to them, "Hear and understand.

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

11 "It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man."

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 know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?"

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

13 But He answered and said, "Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted.

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

14 "Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a 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 the parable to us."

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

16 Jesus said, "Are you still lacking in understanding also?

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

17 "Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is eliminated ?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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