Matthew 15:10-12

J.B. Phillips New Testament

Superficial and true cleanliness

^10-11 Then he called the crowd to him and said, “Listen, and understand this thoroughly! It is not what goes into a man’s mouth that makes him common or unclean. It is what comes out of a man’s mouth that makes him unclean.”

¹² Later his disciples came to him and said, “Do you know that the Pharisees are deeply offended by what you said?”