Mat 15:3-20 | ESV | STEP | He answered them , And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition ?

3 He answered them, “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? 4 For God commanded, ^a‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ^b‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ 5 But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or his mother, “What you would have gained from me is given to God,” ^{▼▼Or is an offering} 6 he need not honor his father.’ So for the sake of your tradition you have ^dmade void the word ^{▼▼Some manuscripts law} of God. 7 ^fYou hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said:

8 ^g“‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;
9 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as ^hdoctrines the commandments of men.’”

What Defiles a Person

10 And he called the people to him and said to them, ⁱ“Hear and understand: 11 ^jit 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 ^koffended when they heard this saying?” 13 He answered, ^l“Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted ^mwill be rooted up. 14 Let them alone; ⁿthey are blind guides. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add of the blind} And ^pif the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.” 15 But Peter said to him, ^q“Explain the parable to us.” 16 And he said, ^r“Are you also still without understanding? 17 Do you not see that ^swhatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled? ^{▼▼Greek is expelled into the latrine} 18 But ^uwhat comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. 19 For out of the heart come ^vevil thoughts, ^wmurder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, ^xslander. 20 ^yThese are what defile a person. But ^zto eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone.”