Matthew 15:11 - The Scriptures 1998

¹¹ “Not that which goes into the mouth defiles the man, but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles the 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."

Matthew 15:11 Cross References

Psalm 10:7

His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; Under his tongue is trouble and wickedness.

Psalm 12:2

They speak falsehood with each other; They speak with flattering lips, a double heart.

Isaiah 37:23

“Whom have you reproached and reviled? And against whom have you raised your voice, and lifted up your eyes in pride? Against the Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕ

Matthew 15:10

And calling the crowd near, He said to them, “Hear and understand:

Matthew 15:12

Then His taught ones came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees stumbled when they heard this word?”

Mark 7:15

“There is no matter that enters a man from outside which is able to defile him, but it is what comes out of him that defiles the man.

Romans 14:14

I know and am persuaded in the Master יהושע  that none at all is common of itself. But to him who regards whatever to be common, to him it is common.

Romans 14:17

For the reign of Elohim is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Set-apart Spirit.

Romans 14:20

Do not destroy the work of Elohim for the sake of food. All indeed are clean, but evil to that man who eats so as to cause stumbling.

1 Timothy 4:3

forbidding to marry, saying to abstain from foods which Elohim created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

Titus 1:15

Indeed, all matters are clean to the clean, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving no matter is clean, but both their mind and conscience are defiled.

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be borne about by various and strange teachings.For it is good for the heart to be established by favour, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.

2 Peter 2:18

For speaking arrogant nonsense, they entice – through the lusts of the flesh, through indecencies – the ones who have indeed escaped from those living in delusion,