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

2 Peter 2:18

General references

Matthew 15:18

Luke 12:57

Bible References

That which goeth

Nothing that goes into a man from the outside can make him foul, but the things that come from the inside of a man are the things that make him foul."

The Pharisee noticed that He did not first wash before lunch, and was surprised.

But Peter said, "Never by any means, sir, for I have never eaten anything common, or not ceremonially cleansed."

But I answered, 'Never by any means, sir, for nothing common or not ceremonially cleansed has ever passed my lips.'

I know, and through my union with the Lord Jesus I have a clear conviction, that nothing is unclean in itself; that a thing is unclean only to the person who thinks it unclean.

For everything in God's creation is good, and nothing is to be refused, provided it is accepted with thanksgiving;

To the pure everything is pure, but to the impure and unbelieving nothing is pure, but their very minds and consciences are impure.

You must stop being carried away with varied and strange teachings. For it is a good thing for the heart to be strengthened by God's spiritual strength, not by special kinds of food, from which those adhering to them have gotten no good.

But

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and they make the man foul.

You brood of vipers! How can you, wicked as you are, say anything that is good? For the mouth talks about the things that fill the heart.

Their throats are just like open graves, with their tongues they have spoken treachery; the poison of asps is under their lips.

So the tongue, too, is a little organ but can boast of great achievements. See how a spark, ever so tiny, can set a vast forest on fire!

For by uttering arrogant nonsense, through base desires of the lower nature, they entice into immorality men who are just escaping from those who live in error,

General references

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and they make the man foul.

Why do you not of yourselves decide what is right?