Matthew 15:11
[it is] not that which is coming into the mouth [that] defiles the man, but that which is coming forth from the mouth, this defiles the man.”
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10And having called near the multitude, He said to them, “Hear and understand:
Cross References
Psalms 10:7His mouth is full of oaths, || And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue [is] perverseness and iniquity,
Psalms 52:2Your tongue devises mischiefs, || Like a sharp razor, working deceit.
Isaiah 37:23Whom have you reproached and reviled? And against whom—lifted up the voice? Indeed, you lift up your eyes on high || Against the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 59:13Transgressing, and lying against YHWH, || And removing from after our God, || Speaking oppression and apostasy, || Conceiving and uttering from the heart || Words of falsehood.
Matthew 12:34Brood of vipers! How are you able to speak good things—being evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Mark 7:15there is nothing from outside the man entering into him that is able to defile him, but the things coming out from him, those are the things defiling the man.
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 →