^{1 Ref} Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,

^{2 Ref} Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

^{3 Ref} And he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?

^{4 Ref} For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

^{5 Ref} But ye say, whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given `to God';

^{6 Ref} he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.

^{7 Ref} Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

^{8 Ref} This people honoreth me with their lips; But their heart is far from me.

^{9 Ref} But in vain do they worship me, Teaching `as their' doctrines the precepts of men.

^{10 Ref} And he called to him the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:

^{11 Ref} Not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which proceedeth out of the mouth, this defileth the man.

^{12 Ref} Then came the disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?

^{13 Ref} But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father planted not, shall be rooted up.

^{14 Ref} Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.

^{15 Ref} And Peter answered and said unto him, Declare unto us the parable.

^{16 Ref} And he said, Are ye also even yet without understanding?

^{17 Ref} Perceive ye not, that whatsoever goeth into the mouth passeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

^{18 Ref} But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man.

^{19 Ref} For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:

^{20 Ref} these are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not the man.