Parallel Bible results for "Matthew 15:1-20"

Matthew 15:1-20

Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha RSVA

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

2 "Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat."

3 He answered them, "And why do you transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?

4 For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die.'

5 But you say, 'If any one tells his father or his mother, What you would have gained from me is given to God, he need not honor his father.'

6 So, for the sake of your tradition, you have made void the word of God.

7 You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said:

8 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;

9 in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.'"

10 And he called the people to him and said to them, "Hear and understand:

11 not what goes into the mouth defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man."

12 Then the disciples came and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?"

13 He answered, "Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up.

14 Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit."

15 But Peter said to him, "Explain the parable to us."

16 And he said, "Are you also still without understanding?

17 Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and so passes on?

18 But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a man.

19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander.

20 These are what defile a man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man."

New International Version NIV

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? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!”

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 ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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