Matthew 15:17
Know ye not, that whatever entereth the mouth, passeth into the belly, and from there is ejected by purgation?
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
16And he said to them: Are ye also, up to this time, without understanding?
18But that which proceedeth from the mouth, cometh from the heart: and that is what defileth a man.
Cross References
Matthew 7:19Every tree that beareth not good fruits, is cut down and consigned to the fire.
1 Corinthians 6:13Food is for the belly; and the belly is for food; but God will bring them both to naught. But the body is not for whoredom, but for our Lord; and our Lord for the body.
James 3:6Now the tongue is a fire, and the world of sin is like a forest. And this tongue, which is one among our members, marreth our whole body; and it inflameth the series of our generations that roll on like a wheel; and it is itself on 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 →