Matthew 15:18
But whatsoever from the mouth shall come forth, from the heart cometh forth, and this contaminates a child of man.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 15:11It is not that which, entering the mouth, contaminates a man; but that which shall come from the mouth, that contaminates a man.
James 3:6and the tongue is a fire, a world of sin, like a forest is the tongue itself among our members; it defileth all of our body, and burneth the course of our generations which run (forward) as a wheel, and kindleth also itself with fire.
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 →