Matthew 15:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But the words that come out of your mouth come from your heart. And they are what make you unfit to worship God.

Cross References

Psalm 36:3

They tell deceitful lies, and they don't have the sense to live right.

Proverbs 10:32

If you obey the Lord, you will always know the right thing to say. But no one will trust you if you tell lies.

Proverbs 15:2

Words of wisdom come from the wise, but fools speak foolishness.

Proverbs 15:28

Good people think before they answer, but the wicked speak evil without ever thinking.

Proverbs 4:23

Carefully guard your thoughts because they are the source of true life.

Proverbs 6:12

Worthless liars go around

Matthew 12:34

You are evil snakes, so how can you say anything good? Your words show what is in your hearts.

Matthew 15:11

The food that you put into your mouth doesn't make you unclean and unfit to worship God. The bad words that come out of your mouth are what make you unclean.”

Matthew 15:17

Don't you know that the food you put into your mouth goes into your stomach and then out of your body?

Mark 7:20

Then Jesus said: What comes from your heart is what makes you unclean.

Luke 19:22

“You worthless servant!” the king told him. “You have condemned yourself by what you have just said. You knew that I am a hard man, taking what isn't mine and harvesting what I haven't planted.

1 Samuel 24:13

An old proverb says, “Only evil people do evil things,” and so I won't harm you.