Matthew 15:11

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

It’s not what goes into the mouth that defiles   a person, but what comes out of the mouth #– #this defiles a person.’

Cross References

Mark 7:15

Nothing that goes into a person from outside can defile him but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.’

Romans 14:17

for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking,  but righteousness, peace, and joy  in the Holy Spirit.

Romans 14:20

Do not tear down God’s work because of food. Everything is clean, but it is wrong to make someone fall by what he eats.

Hebrews 13:9

Don’t be led astray by various kinds of strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be established by grace and not by food regulations, since those who observe them have not benefited.

Romans 14:14

I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself.  Still, to someone who considers a thing to be unclean, to that one it is unclean.

Isaiah 37:23

Who is it you have mocked  and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!

2 Peter 2:18

For by uttering boastful, empty words,  they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped  from those who live in error.

Titus 1:15

To the pure, everything is pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; in fact, both their mind and conscience  are defiled.

Matthew 15:10

Summoning the crowd, he told them, ‘Listen and understand:

Matthew 15:12

Then the disciples came up and told him, ‘Do you know that the Pharisees took offence when they heard what you said? ’

1 Timothy 4:3

They forbid marriage  and demand abstinence  from foods that God created  to be received with gratitude by those who believe and know the truth.