Matthew 15:10-12

New Testament for Everyone

The parable of clean and unclean

¹⁰ Then Jesus called the crowd, and said to them, “Listen and understand. ¹¹ What makes someone unclean isn’t what goes into the mouth. It’s what comes out of the mouth that makes someone unclean.”

¹² Then the disciples came to Jesus.

“Do you know,” they said, “that the Pharisees were horrified when they heard what you said?”