Matthew 15:17
Do you know that everything entering into the mouth goes into the stomach, and is cast out into excrement?
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
16And Jesus said, Are you indeed still without understanding?
18But those things going out from the mouth come forth from the heart; and these pollute the man.
Cross References
Matthew 7:19Every tree not producing beautiful fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
1 Corinthians 6:13Meats for the stomach, and the stomach for meats: but God will destroy both this and them. The body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:
James 3:6The tongue, a fire, the world of iniquity: the tongue sits down in the midst of our members, and corrupting the whole body, and setting on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire from 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 →