Matthew 15:17
Perceive ye not, that whatsoever goeth into the mouth passeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
16And he said, Are ye also even yet without understanding?
18But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man.
Cross References
Matthew 7:19Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
1 Corinthians 6:13Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to nought 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: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is 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 →