Matthew 15:10-20 HCSB Summoning the crowd, He told them, "Listen
and understand: 11 It's not what goes
into the mouth that defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this
defiles a man." 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. 20
These are
the things that defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile a
man."
Devotionals: Matthew 15:16-20 The Yetzer Hara War
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