Matthew 15:11

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Summary

Matthew 15:11

Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

That which goeth

But

General references

Leviticus 11:2

Matthew 15:18

Luke 12:57

Bible References

That which goeth

there is nothing outside the man which can defile him if it goes into him; but the things which proceed out of the man are what defile the man.

When the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised that He had not first

ceremonially washed before the meal.

But Peter said, “By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten anything unholy and unclean.”

But I said, ‘By no means, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but to him who thinks anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with gratitude;

To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

Do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.

But

But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man.

You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.

His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression;

Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness.

They speak falsehood to one another;
With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak.

Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.

The wicked are estranged from the womb;
These who speak lies go astray from birth.

“Whom have you reproached and blasphemed?
And against whom have you raised your voice
And haughtily lifted up your eyes?
Against the Holy One of Israel!

For your hands are defiled with blood
And your fingers with iniquity;
Your lips have spoken falsehood,
Your tongue mutters wickedness.

“They bend their tongue like their bow;
Lies and not truth prevail in the land;
For they proceed from evil to evil,
And they do not know Me,” declares the Lord.

“Their throat is an open grave,
With their tongues they keep deceiving,”
“The poison of asps is under their lips”;

So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things.

See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!

For speaking out arrogant words of vanity they entice by fleshly desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from the ones who live in error,

General references

“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘These are the creatures which you may eat from all the animals that are on the earth.

But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man.

“And why do you not even on your own initiative judge what is right?