Matthew 15:10-20 - Defilement From Within

¹⁰ And calling the multitude to Him, He said to them, Hear and understand: ¹¹ That if which cometh into the mouth does not defile the man; but that which cometh out from the mouth, that defiles the man.

¹² Then His disciples having come to Him say, Do you not know that the Pharisees hearing your word, were offended?

¹³ And He responding said, Every plant which my heavenly Father did not plant, shall be rooted up. ¹⁴ Let them alone: the blind are leaders of the blind: if the blind may lead the blind, both will fall into the ditch.

¹⁵ Peter responding said to Him, Explain unto us the parable.

¹⁶ And Jesus said, Are you indeed still without understanding? ¹⁷ Do you know that everything entering into the mouth goes into the stomach, and is cast out into excrement? ¹⁸ But those things going out from the mouth come forth from the heart; and these pollute the man. ¹⁹ For out of the heart proceed evil reasonings, murders, fornications, adulteries, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies. ²⁰ These are the things which defile the man: but to eat bread with unwashed hands does not defile the man.

¹⁴ And calling the crowd to Him again, He said to them, Hear all ye, and understand. ¹⁵ There is nothing without a man coming into him, which is competent to defile him: but those things coming out from him, these are the things which defile the man. ¹⁶ If any one has ears to hear, let him hear.

¹⁷ And when He came from the multitude into the house, His disciples asked Him the parable. ¹⁸ And He says to them, Are you still without understanding? Do you not know that everything external entering into a man is not able to defile him? ¹⁹ Because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is cast out into the excrement, purifying all edibles. ²⁰ And He said, Everything proceeding out from the man, that defiles the man. ²¹ For within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil reasonings, adulteries, fornications, murders, ²² thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, impurity, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, folly. ²³ All these evils proceed out from within, and defile the man.