Matthew 15:17
Do ye not yet understand, that whatever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
16And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
18But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
Cross References
Matthew 7:19Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
1 Corinthians 6:13Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for lewdness, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
James 3:6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth 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 →