Matthew 15:17
Do ye not yet understand, that everything entering into the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into a toilet?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
16And Jesus said, Are ye also still without understanding?
18But the things coming out of the mouth come forth from the heart, and those things defile the man.
Cross References
Matthew 7:19Every tree not producing good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire.
1 Corinthians 6:13The foods are for the belly and the belly for foods, but God will abolish both this and these things. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
James 3:6And the tongue is a fire, the world of unrighteousness. Thus, the tongue is made to lead among our body-parts, defiling the whole body, and setting the cycle of nature on fire, and being set on fire by hell.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 15:11-21
What Defileth a Man. 10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: 11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. 12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? 13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. 14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead… Read the whole commentary →