Discovery BoxMatthew 15:15-20 
Context15:15 But Peter 1 said to him, “Explain this parable to us.” 15:16 Jesus 2 said, “Even after all this, are you still so foolish? 15:17 Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach and then passes out into the sewer? 3 15:18 But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a person. 15:19 For out of the heart come evil ideas, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. 15:20 These are the things that defile a person; it is not eating with unwashed hands that defiles a person.” 4
1 tn Grk “And answering, Peter said to him.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.
2 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
3 tn Or “into the latrine.”
4 tn Grk “but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a person.”
