Matthew 15:17
“Don't you see that whatever goes in through the mouth then passes through the stomach, and then leaves the body as waste?
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16“Haven't you understood this yet?” replied Jesus.
18But what comes out through the mouth comes from the mind, and that's what defiles you.
Cross References
Matthew 7:19Every tree that doesn't produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire.
1 Corinthians 6:13“Food for the stomach, and the stomach for food”—but God will destroy both of them. Also, the body is not meant to be used for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
James 3:6And the tongue is a fire! The tongue is a world of evil among the parts of the body. It disgraces all you are as a person, and can burn down the whole of your life, since it is set on fire by Gehenna.
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 →