Matthew 15:17

King James 2000

Do you not yet understand, that whatsoever enters in at the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into the drain?

Cross References

2 Kings 10:27

And they broke down the image of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a refuse dump unto this day.

Matthew 15:16

And Jesus said, Are you also yet without understanding?

Matthew 15:18

But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

Mark 7:19

Because it enters not into his heart, but into the belly, and goes out into the drain, purging all foods?

Luke 6:45

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

1 Corinthians 6:13

Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.