Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if one blind person guides another, both will fall into a pit/دَعُوهُم! إِنَّهُم عُمْيَانٌ قَادَةُ عُمْيَان. وإِنْ كَانَ أَعْمَى يَقُودُ أَعْمَى، فَكِلاهُمَا يَسْقُطَانِ في حُفْرَة

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دَعُوهُم! إِنَّهُم عُمْيَانٌ قَادَةُ عُمْيَان. وإِنْ كَانَ أَعْمَى يَقُودُ أَعْمَى، فَكِلاهُمَا يَسْقُطَانِ في حُفْرَة
انجيل القدّيس متّى/15-20/دَعَا يَسُوعُ الجَمْعَ وقَالَ لَهُم: «إِسْمَعُوا وٱفْهَمُوا: لَيْسَ مَا يَدْخُلُ الفَمَ يُنَجِّسُ الإِنْسَان، بَلْ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الفَمِ هُوَ مَا يُنَجِّسُ الإِنْسَان». حينَئِذٍ دَنَا مِنْهُ التَّلاميذُ وقَالُوا لَهُ: «أَتَعْلَمُ أَنَّ الفَرِّيسيِّينَ تَشَكَّكُوا حِيْنَ سَمِعُوا هذَا الكَلام؟». فَأَجَابَ وقَال: «كُلُّ غَرْسَةٍ لَمْ يَغرِسْهَا أَبي السَّماوِيُّ تُقلَع. دَعُوهُم! إِنَّهُم عُمْيَانٌ قَادَةُ عُمْيَان. وإِنْ كَانَ أَعْمَى يَقُودُ أَعْمَى، فَكِلاهُمَا يَسْقُطَانِ في حُفْرَة». فَأَجَابَ بُطْرُسُ وقَالَ لَهُ: «فَسِّرْ لَنَا هذَا المَثَل».فقَال: «وهَلْ أَنْتُم أَيْضًا إِلى الآنَ لا تَفْهَمُون؟ أَلا تُدْرِكُونَ أَنَّ كُلَّ مَا يَدْخُلُ الفَمَ يَنْزِلُ إِلى الجَوف، ثُمَّ يُدْفَعُ إِلى الخَلاء؟ أَمَّا مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الفَمِ فَمِنَ القَلْبِ يَصْدُر، وهُوَ مَا يُنَجِّسُ الإِنْسَان. فَمِنَ القَلْبِ تَصْدُرُ الأَفْكَارُ الشِّرِّيرَة، والقَتْلُ، والزِّنَى، والفُجُور، والسَّرِقَة، وشَهَادَةُ الزُّور، والتَّجْدِيف. تِلْكَ هِيَ الأُمُورُ الَّتِي تُنَجِّسُ الإِنْسَان. أَمَّا الأَكْلُ بِأَيْدٍ غَيْرِ مَغْسُولَةٍ فَلا يُنَجِّسُ الإِنْسَان».

Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if one blind person guides another, both will fall into a pit.
Saint Matthew 15,10-20.: “Then he called the crowd to him and said to them, ‘Listen and understand: it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles.’Then the disciples approached and said to him, ‘Do you know that the Pharisees took offence when they heard what you said?’ He answered, ‘Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if one blind person guides another, both will fall into a pit.’ But Peter said to him, ‘Explain this parable to us.’ Then he said, ‘Are you also still without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach, and goes out into the sewer? But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this is what defiles. For out of the heart come evil intentions, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander. These are what defile a person, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile.”