MNT(i)
1 Then some Scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying,
2 "Why do your disciples keep transgressing the tradition of the elders by not washing their hands before eating?"
3 "And why do you also keep transgressing the command of God by your tradition?" he asked.
4 "For God said, Honor your father and mother, and, Let him who reviles father or mother be put to death;
5 but you say that whoever tells his father or mother, 'Whatever of mine might have been of service to you is dedicated to God,'
6 is in no way bound to honor his father. Thus do you make void the word of God by your tradition!
7 Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, saying.
8 This is a people that honors me with their lips, But their heart is far from me.
9 In vain do they worship me, While they teach doctrines that are the commands of men."
10 Then Jesus called the people to him and said:
11 "Listen, and pay attention. It is not what goes into a man's mouth that defiles him, but what comes out of it, that defiles the man."
12 Then his disciples came to him and said, "Do you know that the Pharisees were scandalized when they heard that saying?" He replied.
13 "Any plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted.
14 "Let them alone. They are blind men leading the blind; and if one blind man leads another, both of them will fall into a ditch."
15 Then Peter said to Jesus, "Explain the parable to us."
16 He answered. "Are even you still without understanding?
17 "Do you not know how all that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is afterward evacuated;
18 while what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart—and that is what defiles a man.
19 For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murder, adultery, unchastity, theft, perjury, slander.
20 These are the things that defile a man; to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man."