34And passing over, they came into the land of Gennesaret. 35And the men of that place, knowing him, sent out into all that country round, and brought to him all that were diseased 36and besought him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched were made whole.
XV. Then there come to Jesus the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem, saying: 2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they wash not their hands when they eat bread. 3And he answering said to them: Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God, for the sake of your tradition? 4For God commanded, saying[4]: Honor thy father and mother; and he that curses father or mother, let him surely die. 5But ye say: Whoever says to his father or his mother, It is a gift, whatever thou mightest be profited with from me, 6shall not honor his father or his mother; and ye made the word of God[6] of no effect, for the sake of your tradition.
7Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying:
8This people honor me with their lips,
But their heart is far from me.
9But in vain they worship me,
Teaching as doctrines commandments of men.
10And calling to him the multitude, he said to them: Hear, and understand: 11Not that which enters into the mouth defiles the man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles the man.
12Then came to him his disciples, and said to him: Knowest thou that the Pharisees, when they heard the saying, were offended? 13And he answering said: Every plant, which my heavenly Father planted not, shall be rooted up. 14Let them alone; they are blind leaders of the blind; and if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the ditch.
15And Peter answering said to him: Explain to us this parable. 16And he said: Are ye also even yet without understanding? 17Do ye not yet understand, that whatever enters into the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into the drain? 18But the things that proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man. 19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false-witnessings, blasphemies. 20These are the things that defile the man; but to eat with unwashen hands defiles not the man.