Matthew 15:10-20 - Defilement From Within

¹⁰ And having called the crowd, he said to them, Hear ye, and understand. ¹¹ Not that coming into the mouth pollutes the man; but that going forth out of the mouth, this pollutes the man.

¹² Then his disciples having come near, said to him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees, having heard the word, were scandalized?

¹³ And having answered, he said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father has not planted, shall be rooted up. ¹⁴ Let them go: they are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

¹⁵ And Peter, having answered, said to him, Explain to us this parable.

¹⁶ And Jesus said, Are ye also yet destitute of understanding? ¹⁷ Do ye not yet understand, that everything going into the mouth proceeds to the belly, and is cast out in the privy? ¹⁸ But the things going forth out of the mouth come from the heart, and these pollute the man. ¹⁹ For from the heart come forth evil reflections, slaughters, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, defamations: ²⁰ These are the things polluting a man: but to eat with unwashed hands pollutes not a man.

¹⁴ And having called all the crowd, he said to them, Hear me, all ye, and do ye understand: ¹⁵ There is nothing from without a man, entering into him, which can defile him: but things coming out from him, these are the things polluting the man. ¹⁶ If any have ears to hear, let him hear.

¹⁷ And when he came into the house from the crowd, his disciples asked him of the parable. ¹⁸ And he says, So are ye also without understanding? Do ye not perceive, that anything from without entering into a man, cannot pollute him ¹⁹ For it goes not into the heart, but into the belly, and goes forth into the privy, purging all food ²⁰ And he said, That going out of a man, that pollutes a man. ²¹ For within, out of the heart of men, go forth evil reflections, adulteries, fornications, murders, ²² Thefts, overreaching, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye, defamation, pride, foolishness: ²³ All these evils go out from within, and pollute a man.