Matthew 15:17
"Do you not know how all that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is afterward evacuated;
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
16He answered. "Are even you still without understanding?
18while what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart - and that is what defiles a man.
Cross References
Matthew 7:19"Every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
1 Corinthians 6:13"Food is meant for the stomach, and the stomach for food"? Yes, but God will soon put an end both to the one and to the other. The body, however, exists not for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;
James 3:6And the tongue is a fire; it is a very world of iniquity among our members, defiling the whole body, and setting on fire the wheel of nature, 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 →