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.
Context
This verse from Matthew Chapter 15 connects to 10 cross-references. Controversy over hand washing traditions: Jesus declares it is not what enters the mouth that defiles but what comes out of the heart. He heals the Canaanite woman's daughter, praising her great faith. He heals many on a mountain in …
Other Translations
Not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which proceedeth out of the mouth, this defileth the man.
not that which is coming into the mouth doth defile the man, but that which is coming forth from the mouth, this defileth the man.'
Not that which goes into the mouth makes a man unclean, but that which comes out of the mouth.
Cross References
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on …
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath …
They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is …
In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering …
Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the Lord saw it, and it …
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the …
Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.
There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out …
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart …
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.