Matthew 15:11

New Century Version

It is not what people put into their mouths that makes them unclean. It is what comes out of their mouths that makes them unclean.”

Cross References

Psalm 10:7

Their mouths are full of curses, lies, and threats; they use their tongues for sin and evil.

Psalm 12:2

Everyone lies to his neighbors; they say one thing and mean another.

Isaiah 37:23

You have insulted me and spoken against me; you have raised your voice against me. You have a proud look on your face, which is against me, the Holy One of Israel!

Matthew 15:10

After Jesus called the crowd to him, he said, “Listen and understand what I am saying.

Matthew 15:12

Then his followers came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees are angry because of what you said?”

Mark 7:15

There is nothing people put into their bodies that makes them unclean. People are made unclean by the things that come out of them. [

Romans 14:14

I am in the Lord Jesus, and I know that there is no food that is wrong to eat. But if a person believes something is wrong, that thing is wrong for him.

Romans 14:17

In the kingdom of God, eating and drinking are not important. The important things are living right with God, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Romans 14:20

Do not let the eating of food destroy the work of God. All foods are all right to eat, but it is wrong to eat food that causes someone else to sin.

1 Timothy 4:3

They forbid people to marry and tell them not to eat certain foods which God created to be eaten with thanks by people who believe and know the truth.

Titus 1:15

To those who are pure, all things are pure, but to those who are full of sin and do not believe, nothing is pure. Both their minds and their consciences have been ruined.

Hebrews 13:9

Do not let all kinds of strange teachings lead you into the wrong way. Your hearts should be strengthened by God’s grace, not by obeying rules about foods, which do not help those who obey them.

2 Peter 2:18

They brag with words that mean nothing. By their evil desires they lead people into the trap of sin—people who are just beginning to escape from others who live in error.