Matthew 15:7-15
New King James Version
7 (A)Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying:
8 ‘These(B) people [a]draw near to Me with their mouth,
And honor Me with their lips,
But their heart is far from Me.
9 And in vain they worship Me,
(C)Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ”
10 (D)When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, “Hear and understand: 11 (E)Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”
12 Then His disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”
13 But He answered and said, (F)“Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. 14 Let them alone. (G)They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”
15 (H)Then Peter answered and said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”
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- Matthew 15:8 NU omits draw near to Me with their mouth, And
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