「惟独出口的，是从心里发出来的，这才污秽人。」（18节）

经文
马太福音十五1-20

1那时，有法利赛人和文士从耶路撒冷来见耶稣，说：

2你的门徒为什么犯古人的遗传呢？因为吃饭的时候，他们不洗手。

3耶稣回答说：你们为什么因着你们的遗传犯神的诫命呢？

4神说：当孝敬父母；又说：咒骂父母的，必治死他。

5你们倒说：无论何人对父母说：我所当奉给你的已经作了供献，

6他就可以不孝敬父母。这就是你们借着遗传，废了神的诫命。

7假冒为善的人哪，以赛亚指着你们说的预言是不错的。他说：

8这百姓用嘴唇尊敬我，心却远离我；

9他们将人的吩咐当作道理教导人，所以拜我也是枉然。

10耶稣就叫了众人来，对他们说：你们要听，也要明白。

11入口的不能污秽人，出口的乃能污秽人。

12当时，门徒进前来对他说：法利赛人听见这话，不服（原文是跌倒），你知道吗？

13耶稣回答说：凡栽种的物，若不是我天父栽种的，必要拔出来。

14任凭他们吧！他们是瞎眼领路的；若是瞎子领瞎子，两个人都要掉在坑里。

15彼得对耶稣说：请将这比喻讲给我们听。

16耶稣说：你们到如今还不明白吗？

17岂不知凡入口的，是运到肚子里，又落在茅厕里吗？

18惟独出口的，是从心里发出来的，这才污秽人。

19因为从心里发出来的，有恶念、凶杀、奸淫、苟合、偷盗、妄证、谤讟。

20这都是污秽人的；至于不洗手吃饭，那却不污秽人。

"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."