Matthew 15:11

New English Translation

What defiles a person is not what goes into the mouth; it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles a person.”

Cross References

Psalm 10:7

His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.

Psalm 12:2

People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.

Isaiah 37:23

Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at? At whom have you shouted and looked so arrogantly? At the Holy One of Israel!

Matthew 15:10

Then he called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand.

Matthew 15:12

Then the disciples came to him and said, “Do you know that when the Pharisees heard this saying they were offended?”

Mark 7:15

There is nothing outside of a person that can defile him by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles him.”

Romans 14:14

I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean in itself; still, it is unclean to the one who considers it unclean.

Romans 14:17

For the kingdom of God does not consist of food and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Romans 14:20

Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean, it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat.

1 Timothy 4:3

They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

Titus 1:15

All is pure to those who are pure. But to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their minds and consciences are corrupted.

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings. For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals, which have never benefited those who participated in them.

2 Peter 2:18

For by speaking high-sounding but empty words they are able to entice, with fleshly desires and with debauchery, people who have just escaped from those who reside in error.