Matthew 15:18 - English Majority Text Version 2009

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But whatever comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this is what makes a man unclean and defiles [him].

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

But what goes out of the mouth comes from the heart. And that’s what contaminates a person in God’s sight.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But what proceeds from the mouth, goes forth from the heart, and those are the things that defile a man.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Matthew 15:18 Cross References

Matthew 12:34

Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Matthew 15:11

Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man."

Matthew 15:17

Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach, and is cast out into a latrine?

Mark 7:20

And He said, "That which comes out of a man, that defiles a man.

Luke 19:22

And he said to him, 'Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was a harsh man, taking up what I did not deposit, and reaping what I did not sow.