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Matthew 15:1-20

1 Then the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying,

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

2 "Why do Your disciples transgress 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 He answered and said to them, "Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?

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

4 For God commanded, saying, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'He who curses father or mother, let him 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 profit you might have received from me is a gift 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 then he need not honor his father or mother.' Thus you have made the commandment of God of no effect by 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 Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying:

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

8 'These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me.

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

9 And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.' "

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

10 When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, "Hear and understand:

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

11 Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a 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 His disciples came and said to Him, "Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?"

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 has not planted will 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 leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch."

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

15 Then Peter answered and said to Him, "Explain this parable to us."

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

16 So Jesus said, "Are you also still without understanding?

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

17 Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes 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 those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a 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 proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.

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

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

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