Then came to Jesus scribes [nitellectuals] and Pharisees [believers], which were of Jerusalem [mechanical traditions], saying,

Why do thy disciples transgress the [lunar, mechanical] tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread...

[Jesus answered], This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand :

Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man...

Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.