Matthew 15:17
Do you not understand that all that is going into the mouth passes into the belly, and is cast forth into the drain?
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
16And Jesus said, “Are you also yet without understanding?
18But the things coming forth from the mouth come forth from the heart, and these defile the man;
Cross References
Matthew 7:19Every tree not yielding good fruit is cut down and is cast into fire:
1 Corinthians 6:13the meats [are] for the belly, and the belly for the meats. And God will make useless both this and these; and the body [is] not for whoredom, but for the LORD, and the LORD for the body;
James 3:6And the tongue [is] a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and 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 →