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

Matthew 15:15-20

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.”