Matthew 15:16-18
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
16 He said to them, “Are even you still without understanding? 17 Do you not realize that everything that enters the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled into the latrine? 18 (A)But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile.
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