Matthew 15:11

Modern English Version

That which goes into the mouth does not defile a man, but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”

Cross References

Psalm 10:7

His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

Psalm 12:2

They speak empty words, each with his own neighbor; with flattering lips and a deceitful heart they speak.

Isaiah 37:23

Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? And against whom have you raised your voice, and lifted up your eyes haughtily? Against the Holy One of Israel!

Matthew 15:10

He called the crowds and said to them, “Hear and understand:

Matthew 15:12

Then His disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended after they heard this saying?”

Mark 7:15

There is nothing from outside a man that by entering him can defile him. But the things which come out of the man are what defile him.

Romans 14:14

I know and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

Romans 14:17

For the kingdom of God does not mean eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Romans 14:20

Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are clean, but it is evil for the man who causes someone to fall by what he eats.

1 Timothy 4:3

forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods, which God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

Titus 1:15

To the pure, all things are pure. But to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Even their minds and consciences are defiled.

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be carried away with diverse and strange teachings. It is a good thing that the heart be strengthened with grace, not with foods, which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.

2 Peter 2:18

For when they speak arrogant words of vanity, they entice by the lusts of the flesh and by depravity those who barely escaped from those who live in error.