^{The Holy Bible}

^Douay-Rheims

Matthew 15: 1 – 20

¹Then came to him from Jerusalem scribes and Pharisees, saying: ²Why do thy disciples trangress the tradition of the ancients? For they wash not their hands when they eat bread. ³But he answering, said to them: Why do you also transgress the commandment of God for your tradition? For God said: ⁴Honour thy father and mother: And: He that shall curse father or mother, let him die the death. ⁵But you say: Whosoever shall say to father or mother, The gift whatsoever proceedeth from me, shall profit thee. ⁶And he shall not honour his father or his mother: and you have made void the commandment of God for your tradition. ⁷Hypocrites, well hath Isaias prophesied of you, saying: ⁸This people honoureth me with their lips: but their heart is far from me. ⁹And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and commandments of men. ¹⁰And having called together the multitudes unto him, he said to them: Hear ye and understand. ¹¹Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man: but what cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. ¹²Then came his disciples, and said to him: Dost thou know that the Pharisees, when they heard this word, were scandalized? ¹³But he answering them, said: Every plant which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. ¹⁴Let them alone: they are blind, and leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the pit. ¹⁵And Peter answering, said to him: Expound to us this parable. ¹⁶But he said: Are you also yet without understanding? ¹⁷Do you not understand, that whatsoever entereth into the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the privy? ¹⁸But the things which proceed out of the mouth, come forth from the heart, and those things defile a man. ¹⁹For from the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies. ²⁰These are the things that defile a man. But to eat with unwashed hands doth not defile a man.