His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
Matthew 15:11 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) not what goes into the mouth defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition It is not what goes into the mouth of a man that makes him unclean and defiled, but what comes out of the mouth; this makes a man unclean and defiles [him]. American Standard Version (1901) Not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which proceedeth out of the mouth, this defileth the man. Common English Bible It’s not what goes into the mouth that contaminates a person in God’s sight. It’s what comes out of the mouth that contaminates the person.” Catholic Public Domain Version A man is not defiled by what enters into the mouth, but by what proceeds from the mouth. This is what defiles a man." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man: but what cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. |
His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
Every one utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
“ ‘Whom have you mocked and reviled? Against whom have you raised your voice and haughtily lifted your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!
Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”
there is nothing outside a man which by going into him can defile him; but the things which come out of a man are what defile him.”
I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but it is unclean for any one who thinks it unclean.
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit;
Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for any one to make others fall by what he eats;
who forbid marriage and enjoin abstinence from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
To the pure all things are pure, but to the corrupt and unbelieving nothing is pure; their very minds and consciences are corrupted.
Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings; for it is well that the heart be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited their adherents.
For, uttering loud boasts of folly, they entice with licentious passions of the flesh men who have barely escaped from those who live in error.