Matthew 15:17
Do ye not understand, that whatever entereth the mouth goeth into the stomach, and is cast out into the drain?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
16And he said, Are ye too still without discernment?
18But the things which proceed from the mouth come out of the heart; and these defile a man.
Cross References
Matthew 7:19Every tree that beareth not good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.
1 Corinthians 6:13Meats are for the stomach, and the stomach for meats; but God will make an end of 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 among our members is that which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of life, and is itself 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 →