Matthew 15:11

New International Version

What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”

Cross References

Psalm 10:7

His mouth is full of lies and threats; trouble and evil are under his tongue.

Psalm 12:2

Everyone lies to their neighbor; they flatter with their lips but harbor deception in their hearts.

Isaiah 37:23

Who is it you have ridiculed and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!

Matthew 15:10

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

Matthew 15:12

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

Mark 7:15

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

Romans 14:14

I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean.

Romans 14:17

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,

Romans 14:20

Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.

1 Timothy 4:3

They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth.

Titus 1:15

To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted.

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods, which is of no benefit to those who do so.

2 Peter 2:18

For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error.