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 from outside the man that entering into him can defile him, but the things which come out of him, those are what defile the man.

And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.

But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.

But I said, Not so, Lord, for nothing common or unclean has at any time entered into my mouth.

I know and trust in the Lord Jesus that for his sake there is nothing unclean, but to him that esteems any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

For everything that God created is good, and nothing is to be refused, if it is received with thanksgiving,

For unto the pure all things are pure, but unto those that are defiled and unfaithful, nothing is pure, but even their soul and conscience is defiled.

Be not taken out of the way with diverse and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace, not with foods which have not profited those that have been occupied with them.

But

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

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

Each one speaks vanity with his neighbour: they speak with flattering lips and with a double heart.

Thy tongue devises wickedness like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips pronounce lies; your tongue speaks evil.

And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies, but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth for they proceed from evil to evil, and they did not recognize me, said the LORD.

Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips,

In the same manner, the tongue is a very small member and boasts of great things. Behold, how great a forest a little fire kindles!

For speaking arrogant words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from those who converse in error,

General references

Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, These are the animals which ye shall eat among all the animals that are on the earth.

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

Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?