Matthew 15:17
Do ye not yet know, that whatever goeth into the mouth passeth to the belly and is discharged downwards?
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
16And Jesus replied, Are ye also still void of understanding?
18But the things, which proceed out of the mouth, come from the heart, and those defile a man.
Cross References
Matthew 7:19and every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
1 Corinthians 6:13meats are for the belly, and the belly for meats, but God will destroy both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, 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 several parts, defiling the whole body, inflaming the course of nature, and is 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 →