Matthew 15:17
Do you not understand, that whatsoever entereth into the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the privy?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
16But he said: Are you also yet without understanding?
Cross References
Matthew 7:19Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down, and shall be cast into the fire.
1 Corinthians 6:13Meat for the belly, and the belly for the meats; but God shall destroy both it and them: 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, a world of iniquity. The tongue is placed among our members, which defileth the whole body, and inflameth the wheel of our nativity, 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 →