Anderson(i)
1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees that were of Jerusalem, saying:
2 Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.
3 But he answered and said to them: And why do you transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?
4 For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and your mother; and, He that curses father or mother shall surely be put to death.
5 But you say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, Whatever of mine might profit you, is a gift, he must in no way honor his father or his mother;
6 and you make the commandment of God of no effect for the sake of your tradition.
7 Hypocrites! well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
8 This people draws near to me with their mouth, and honors me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
9 But in vain, do they worship me, teaching precepts, the commandments of men.
10 And he called the multitude to him, and said to them: Hear and understand;
11 That which enters the mouth does not defile the man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles the man.
12 Then came his disciples and said to him: Dost thou know that the Pharisees, when they heard that saying, were offended?
13 But he answered and said: Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted, shall be rooted up.
14 Let them alone; they are blind leaders of the blind; and if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the pit.
15 But Peter answered and said to him: Explain to us this dark saying.
16 Jesus replied: Are you also yet without understanding?
17 Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth passes into the belly, and is cast out into the sink?
18 But those things which go out from the mouth, come from the heart; and these defile the man.
19 For from the heart come evil reasonings, murders, adulteries, lewd actions, thefts, false testimonies, impious words.
20 These are the things that defile the man. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.