Matthew 15:17

Modern English Version

Do you not yet understand that whatever enters at the mouth goes into the stomach and is cast out into the sewer?

Cross References

2 Kings 10:27

They broke down the sacred pillar of Baal, and tore down the house of Baal and made it a latrine to this day.

Matthew 15:16

Jesus said, “Are you also still without understanding?

Matthew 15:18

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

Mark 7:19

because it does not enter his heart, but into his stomach, and goes out into the sewer, thus purifying all foods?”

Luke 6:45

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bears what is good, and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bears what is evil. For of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

1 Corinthians 6:13

“Food is for the belly, and the belly is for food,” but God will destroy both of them. Now the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body.

James 3:6

The tongue is a fire, a world of evil. The tongue is among the parts of the body, defiling the whole body, and setting the course of nature on fire, and it is set on fire by hell.