^{1 Ref} Then come unto Jesus do they from Jerusalem -- scribes and Pharisees -- saying,

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

^{3 Ref} And he answering said to them, `Wherefore also do ye transgress the command of God because of your tradition?

^{4 Ref} for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death;

^{5 Ref} but ye say, Whoever may say to father or mother, An offering `is' whatever thou mayest be profited by me; --

^{6 Ref} and he may not honour his father or his mother, and ye did set aside the command of God because of your tradition.

^{7 Ref} `Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

^{8 Ref} This people doth draw nigh to Me with their mouth, and with the lips it doth honour Me, but their heart is far off from Me;

^{9 Ref} and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings -- commands of men.'

^{10 Ref} And having called near the multitude, he said to them, `Hear and understand:

^{11 Ref} not that which is coming into the mouth doth defile the man, but that which is coming forth from the mouth, this defileth the man.'

^{12 Ref} Then his disciples having come near, said to him, `Hast thou known that the Pharisees, having heard the word, were stumbled?'

^{13 Ref} And he answering said, `Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant shall be rooted up;

^{14 Ref} let them alone, guides they are -- blind of blind; and if blind may guide blind, both into a ditch shall fall.'

^{15 Ref} And Peter answering said to him, `Explain to us this simile.'

^{16 Ref} And Jesus said, `Are ye also yet without understanding?

^{17 Ref} do ye not understand that all that is going into the mouth doth pass into the belly, and into the drain is cast forth?

^{18 Ref} but the things coming forth from the mouth from the heart do come forth, and these defile the man;

^{19 Ref} for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false witnessings, evil speakings:

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