Matthew 15:11 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹¹ not what goes into the mouth defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ 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

¹¹ 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)

¹¹ 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

¹¹ 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

¹¹ 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

¹¹ Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man: but what cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

Matthew 15:11 Cross References

Psalm 10:7

His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.

Psalm 12:2

Every one utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

Isaiah 37:23

“ ‘Whom have you mocked and reviled? Against whom have you raised your voice and haughtily lifted your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!

Matthew 15:10

And he called the people to him and said to them, “Hear and understand:

Matthew 15:12

Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”

Mark 7:15

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.”

Romans 14:14

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.

Romans 14:17

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit;

Romans 14:20

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;

1 Timothy 4:3

who forbid marriage and enjoin abstinence from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

Titus 1:15

To the pure all things are pure, but to the corrupt and unbelieving nothing is pure; their very minds and consciences are corrupted.

Hebrews 13:9

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.

2 Peter 2:18

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.