Matthew 15:17

First Nations Version

“that when food enters the mouth it goes into the stomach, not the heart, and then out of the body?

Cross References

Luke 6:45

“The human heart is like a medicine pouch. Good-hearted people speak from the good medicine stored in their hearts. Bad-hearted people speak from the bad medicine stored in their hearts. For the mouth will speak what the heart is filled with.

1 Corinthians 6:13

It has been said, “Our stomachs want food, so why not give our stomachs what they want?” But we must remember that Creator will do away with both the need for food and for stomachs. We should use our bodies for the purpose they were created for, not for uncontrolled desires, but to bring honor to our Great Chief.

James 3:6

and the tongue is itself a flame of fire. The tongue is a world full of evil and spreads its poison throughout the body. The words spoken by the tongue have the power to set on fire the very circle of life itself, and its flames come from the Valley of Smoldering Fire.

Matthew 15:16

“Do you still not understand,” he answered,

Matthew 15:18

It is what comes out from the mouth, from deep inside, that makes people impure.