en_tn/mat/15/10.md

Connecting Statement:

Jesus begins to teach the crowd and his disciples about what defiles a person and why the Pharisees and scribes were wrong to criticize him.

Listen and understand

Jesus is emphasizing the importance of what he is about to say. The implied information can be made explicit. AT: "Listen carefully to what I say so that you may understand its meaning" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)

enters into the mouth ... comes out of the mouth

Jesus is contrasting what a person eats to what a person says. Jesus means that God is concerned with what a person says rather than what a person eats. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

translationWords

• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/defile