Matthew 15:11

James Moffatt - New Testament

it is not what enters a man's mouth that defiles him, what defiles a man is what comes out of his mouth."

Cross References

Mark 7:15

nothing outside a man can defile him by entering him; it is what comes from him that defiles him.

Romans 14:17

The Reign of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, it means righteousness, peace, and joy in the holy Spirit;

Romans 14:20

You must not break down God's work for the mere sake of food! Everything may be clean, but it is wrong for a man to prove a stumbling-block by what he eats;

Hebrews 13:9

Never let yourselves be carried away with a variety of novel doctrines; for the right thing is to have one's heart strengthened by grace, not by the eating of food — that has never been any use to those who have had recourse to it.

Romans 14:14

I know, I am certain in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is in itself unclean; only, anything is unclean for a man who considers it unclean.

2 Peter 2:18

By talking arrogant futilities they beguile with the sensual lure of fleshly passion those who are just escaping from the company of misconduct —

Titus 1:15

For the pure all things are pure, but nothing is pure for the polluted and unbelieving; their very mind and conscience are polluted.

Matthew 15:10

Then he called the crowd and said to them, "Listen, understand this:

Matthew 15:12

Then the disciples came up and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees have taken offence at what they hear you say?"

1 Timothy 4:3

men who prohibit marriage and insist on abstinence from foods which God created for believing men, who understand the Truth, to partake of with thanksgiving.