Matthew 15:17

James Moffatt - New Testament

Do you not see how all that enters the mouth passes into the belly and is then thrown out into the drain,

Cross References

Luke 6:45

The good man produces good from the good stored in his heart, and the evil man evil from his evil: for a man's mouth utters what his heart is full of.

1 Corinthians 6:13

'Food is meant for the stomach, and the stomach for food'? Yes, and God will do away with the one and the other. The body is not meant for immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body;

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, the tongue proves a very world of mischief among our members, staining the whole of the body and setting fire to the round circle of existence with a flame fed by hell.

Matthew 15:16

He said, "And are you totally ignorant?

Matthew 15:18

while what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart — and that is what defiles a man.

Mark 7:19

It does not enter his heart but his belly and passes from that into the drain" (thus he pronounced all food clean).