Matthew 15:11

New King James Version

Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”

Cross References

Mark 7:15

There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are the things that defile a man.

Romans 14:17

for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Psalm 12:2

They speak idly everyone with his neighbor; With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

Psalm 10:7

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression; Under his tongue is trouble and iniquity.

Romans 14:20

Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are pure, but it is evil for the man who eats with offense.

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.

Romans 14:14

I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean of itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

Isaiah 37:23

“Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice, And lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.

2 Peter 2:18

For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who have actually escaped from those who live in error.

Titus 1:15

To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled.

Matthew 15:10

When He had called the multitude to Himself, He 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 when they heard this saying?”

1 Timothy 4:3

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