Matthew 15:17

Bible in Basic English 1965

Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes on into the stomach, and is sent out as waste?

Cross References

2 Kings 10:27

The altar of Baal was pulled down and the house of Baal was broken up and made an unclean place, as it is to this day.

Matthew 15:16

And he said, Are you, like them, still without wisdom?

Matthew 15:18

But the things which come out of the mouth come from the heart; and they make a man unclean.

Mark 7:19

And he said, That which comes out of the man, that makes the man unclean.

Luke 6:45

The good man, out of the good store of his heart, gives good things; and the evil man, out of his evil store, gives evil: for out of the full store of the heart come the words of the mouth.

1 Corinthians 6:13

Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will put an end to them together. But the body is not for the desires of the flesh, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell.