Matthew 15:11
It is not what enters a person’s mouth that defiles them, but what comes out from their mouth – that does defile them!”
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In Context
10Then Jesus called the people to him, and said, “Listen, and mark my words.
Cross References
Psalms 10:7Their mouths are full of deceit and oppression: under their tongues lurks mischief and wrong.
Psalms 52:2Engulfing ruin you plot, your tongue like a razor sharpened, you practiser of deceit.
Matthew 12:34You children of snakes! How can you, evil as you are, say anything good? For what fills the heart will rise to the lips.
Mark 7:15There is nothing external to a person, which by going into them can defile them; but the things that come out of a person are the things that defile them.”
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 →