Matthew 15:12-19 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

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.

Matthew 15