Matthew 15:10-11

True Defilement

15:10 Then he called the crowd to him and said, ¹  “Listen and understand. 15:11 What defiles a person is not what goes into the mouth; it is what ²  comes out of the mouth that defiles a person.”

[15:10]  ¹ tn Grk “And calling the crowd, he said to them.” The participle προσκαλεσάμενος (proskalesamenos) has been translated as attendant circumstance. The emphasis here is upon Jesus’ speaking to the crowd.

[15:11]  ² tn Grk “but what.”