Matthew 15:17

New King James Version

Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated?

Cross References

2 Kings 10:27

Then they broke down the sacred pillar of Baal, and tore down the temple of Baal and made it a refuse dump to this day.

Matthew 15:16

So 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 a man.

Mark 7:19

because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated, thus purifying all foods?”

Luke 6:45

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

1 Corinthians 6:13

Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.