「惟獨出口的，是從心裡發出來的，這才污穢人。」（18節）

經文
馬太福音十五1-20

1那時，有法利賽人和文士從耶路撒冷來見耶穌，說：

2你的門徒為什麼犯古人的遺傳呢？因為吃飯的時候，他們不洗手。

3耶穌回答說：你們為什麼因著你們的遺傳犯神的誡命呢？

4神說：當孝敬父母；又說：咒罵父母的，必治死他。

5你們倒說：無論何人對父母說：我所當奉給你的已經作了供獻，

6他就可以不孝敬父母。這就是你們藉著遺傳，廢了神的誡命。

7假冒為善的人哪，以賽亞指著你們說的預言是不錯的。他說：

8這百姓用嘴唇尊敬我，心卻遠離我；

9他們將人的吩咐當作道理教導人，所以拜我也是枉然。

10耶穌就叫了眾人來，對他們說：你們要聽，也要明白。

11入口的不能污穢人，出口的乃能污穢人。

12當時，門徒進前來對他說：法利賽人聽見這話，不服（原文是跌倒），你知道嗎？

13耶穌回答說：凡栽種的物，若不是我天父栽種的，必要拔出來。

14任憑他們吧！他們是瞎眼領路的；若是瞎子領瞎子，兩個人都要掉在坑裡。

15彼得對耶穌說：請將這比喻講給我們聽。

16耶穌說：你們到如今還不明白嗎？

17豈不知凡入口的，是運到肚子裡，又落在茅廁裡嗎？

18惟獨出口的，是從心裡發出來的，這才污穢人。

19因為從心裡發出來的，有惡念、凶殺、奸淫、苟合、偷盜、妄証、謗讟。

20這都是污穢人的；至於不洗手吃飯，那卻不污穢人。

"But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man 'unclean'." (v.18)

Bible reading:
Matthew 15:1-20

1 Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,

2 "Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don't wash their hands before they eat!"

3 Jesus replied, "And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?

4 For God said, 'Honor your father and mother'[a] and 'Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.'[b]

5 But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is 'devoted to God,'

6 they are not to 'honor their father or mother' with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

7 You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:

8 "'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

9 They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.'[c]"

10 Jesus called the crowd to him and said, "Listen and understand.

11 What goes into someone's mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them."

12 Then the disciples came to him and asked, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?"

13 He replied, "Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.

14 Leave them; they are blind guides.[d] If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit."

15 Peter said, "Explain the parable to us."

16 "Are you still so dull?" Jesus asked them.

17 "Don't you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?

18 But the things that come out of a person's mouth come from the heart, and these defile them.

19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

20 These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them."