Matthew 15:11

Catholic Public Domain Version

A man is not defiled by what enters into the mouth, but by what proceeds from the mouth. This is what defiles a man."

Cross References

Psalm 10:7

He will rain down snares upon sinners. Fire and brimstone and windstorms will be the portion of their cup.

Psalm 12:2

How long can I take counsel in my soul, sorrowing in my heart throughout the day?

Isaiah 37:23

Whom have you insulted? And whom have you blasphemed? And against whom have you lifted up your voice and raised up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel!

Matthew 15:10

And having called the multitudes to him, he said to them: "Listen and understand.

Matthew 15:12

Then his disciples drew near and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees, upon hearing this word, were offended?"

Mark 7:15

There is nothing from outside a man which, by entering into him, is able to defile him. But the things which procede from a man, these are what pollute a man.

Romans 14:14

I know, with confidence in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in and of itself. But to him who considers anything to be unclean, it is unclean to him.

Romans 14:17

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but rather justice and peace and joy, in the Holy Spirit.

Romans 14:20

Do not be willing to destroy the work of God because of food. Certainly, all things are clean. But there is harm for a man who offends by eating.

1 Timothy 4:3

prohibiting marriage, abstaining from foods, which God has created to be accepted with thanksgiving by the faithful and by those who have understood the truth.

Titus 1:15

All things are clean to those who are clean. But to those who are defiled, and to unbelievers, nothing is clean; for both their mind and their conscience have been polluted.

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be led away by changing or strange doctrines. And it is best for the heart to be sustained by grace, not by foods. For the latter have not been as useful to those who walked by them.

2 Peter 2:18

For, speaking with the arrogance of vanity, they lure, by the desires of fleshly pleasures, those who are fleeing to some extent, who are being turned from error,