Jesus' Sayings - What Defiles?

137	WHAT DEFILES?
Matt 15		Mark 7		Luke
10	And he called the people to him	14	And he called the people to him
			again,
	and said to them,		and said to them,
	"Hear		"Hear me, all of you,
	and understand:		and understand:
11	not	15	there is nothing outside a man*
	what goes into the mouth		which by going into him
	defiles a man,*		can defile him;
	but		but the things
	what comes out of the mouth,		which come out of a man
	this defiles a man."		are what defile him."
		16*	[Let anyone with ears to hear listen!]
12	Then	17	And when he had entered the house,
			and left the people,
	the disciples came		his disciples
	and said to him,
	"Do you know that
	the Pharisees were offended
	when they heard this saying?"
13	He answered,
	"Every plant which
	my heavenly Father
	has not planted
	will be rooted up.
14	Let them alone;
	they are blind guides.
	And if a blind man			[see Luke 6:39 above]
	leads a blind man,
	both will fall into a pit."
15	But Peter said to him,
	"Explain the parable to us."		asked him about the parable.
16	And he said,	18	And he said to them,
	"Are you also still		"Then are you also
	without understanding?		without understanding?
17	Do you not see that		Do you not see that
	whatever goes into the mouth		whatever goes into a man
			from outside
			cannot defile him,
		19	since it enters,
			not his heart
	passes into the stomach,		but his stomach,
	and so passes on?		and so passes on?"
			(Thus he declared all foods clean.)
		20	And he said,
18	But what comes out of		"What comes out of
	the mouth		a man
	proceeds from the heart,
	and this defiles a man.		is what defiles a man.
19	For	21	For from within,
	out of the heart		out of the heart of man,
	come evil thoughts,		come evil thoughts,
			fornication,*
			theft,*
	murder,		murder,
	adultery,		adultery,
	fornication,*
	theft,*
	false witness,
		22	coveting,
			wickedness,
			deceit,
			licentiousness,
			envy,
	slander.		slander,
			pride,
			foolishness.
20	These are what	23	All these evil things come
			from within,
	defile a man;		and they defile a man."
	but to eat
	with unwashed hands
	does not defile a man."

Canonical gospel selection in the Revised Standard Version
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*	Same wording, different order.
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