Matthew 15:11

Good News Translation

It is not what goes into your mouth that makes you ritually unclean; rather, what comes out of it makes you unclean.”

Cross References

Psalm 10:7

Their speech is filled with curses, lies, and threats; they are quick to speak hateful, evil words.

Psalm 12:2

All of them lie to one another; they deceive each other with flattery.

Isaiah 37:23

Whom do you think you have been insulting and ridiculing? You have been disrespectful to me, the holy God of Israel.

Matthew 15:10

Then Jesus called the crowd to him and said to them, “Listen and understand!

Matthew 15:12

Then the disciples came to him and said, “Do you know that the Pharisees had their feelings hurt by what you said?”

Mark 7:15

There is nothing that goes into you from the outside which can make you ritually unclean. Rather, it is what comes out of you that makes you unclean.”

Romans 14:14

My union with the Lord Jesus makes me certain that no food is of itself ritually unclean; but if you believe that some food is unclean, then it becomes unclean for you.

Romans 14:17

For God's Kingdom is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of the righteousness, peace, and joy which the Holy Spirit gives.

Romans 14:20

Do not, because of food, destroy what God has done. All foods may be eaten, but it is wrong to eat anything that will cause someone else to fall into sin.

1 Timothy 4:3

Such people teach that it is wrong to marry and to eat certain foods. But God created those foods to be eaten, after a prayer of thanks, by those who are believers and have come to know the truth.

Titus 1:15

Everything is pure to those who are themselves pure; but nothing is pure to those who are defiled and unbelieving, for their minds and consciences have been defiled.

Hebrews 13:9

Do not let all kinds of strange teachings lead you from the right way. It is good to receive inner strength from God's grace, and not by obeying rules about foods; those who obey these rules have not been helped by them.

2 Peter 2:18

They make proud and stupid statements, and use immoral bodily lusts to trap those who are just beginning to escape from among people who live in error.