Mat 15:11-20 | ESV | STEP | it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person , but what comes out of the mouth ; this defiles a person .

Matthew 15:11-20

11 ^ait is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.” 12 Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were ^boffended when they heard this saying?” 13 He answered, ^c“Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted ^dwill be rooted up. 14 Let them alone; ^ethey are blind guides. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add of the blind} And ^gif the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.” 15 But Peter said to him, ^h“Explain the parable to us.” 16 And he said, ⁱ“Are you also still without understanding? 17 Do you not see that ^jwhatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled? ^{▼▼Greek is expelled into the latrine} 18 But ^lwhat comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. 19 For out of the heart come ^mevil thoughts, ⁿmurder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, ^oslander. 20 ^pThese are what defile a person. But ^qto eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone.”