Matthew 15:8-11

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.’^[a] ”

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.”

Cross References

• 1. Colossians 2:20-22
• 2. Isaiah 29:13; Malachi 2:2
• 3. S Acts 10:14,15
• 4. ver 18

Footnotes

• [a] Isaiah 29:13