Matthew 15:17

A Conservative Version

Do ye not yet understand, that everything entering into the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into a toilet?

Cross References

Luke 6:45

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth the good, and the bad man out of the bad treasure of his heart brings forth the bad, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

1 Corinthians 6:13

The foods are for the belly and the belly for foods, but God will abolish both this and these things. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, the world of unrighteousness. Thus, the tongue is made to lead among our body-parts, defiling the whole body, and setting the cycle of nature on fire, and being set on fire by hell.

2 Kings 10:27

And they broke down the pillar of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it an out-house to this day.

Matthew 15:16

And Jesus said, Are ye also still without understanding?

Matthew 15:18

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

Mark 7:19

because it does not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and goes out into the toilet (making all foods clean)?