Matthew 15:18 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁸ “But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and these defile the man.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ 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)

¹⁸ But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ 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

¹⁸ 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

¹⁸ 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

Psalm 36:3

The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise, to do good.

Proverbs 10:32

The lips of the righteous know what is pleasing, But the mouth of the wrong speaks perverseness.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise makes knowledge good, But the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.

Proverbs 15:28

The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, But the mouth of the wrong pours out evil.

Proverbs 4:23

Watch over your heart with all diligence, For out of it are the sources of life.

Proverbs 6:12

A man of Beliya‛al, a wicked man, Walks with a perverse mouth,

Matthew 12:34

“Brood of adders! How are you able to speak what is good – being wicked? For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

Matthew 15:11

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

Matthew 15:17

“Do you not understand that whatever enters into the mouth goes into the stomach, and is cast out in the sewer?

Mark 7:20

And He said, “What comes out of a man, that defiles a man.

Luke 19:22

“And he said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I shall judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was a hard man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow.

1 Samuel 24:13

“As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Wrong comes from the wrongdoer.’ But my hand is not against you.