10. Summoning the crowd, He told them, “Listen and understand:
11. It’s not what goes into the mouth that defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”
12. Then the disciples came up and told Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees took offense when they heard this statement? ”
13. He replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.
14. Leave them alone! They are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
15. Then Peter replied to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”
16. “Are even you still lacking in understanding? ” He asked.
17. “Don’t you realize that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is eliminated?
18. But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a man.
19. For from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.
20. These are the things that defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”