Matthew 15:17

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

"Do not you see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is afterwards expelled?

Cross References

Matthew 15:16

"What, do even you understand nothing yet?" Jesus exclaimed.

Matthew 15:18

But the things that come out from the mouth proceed from the heart, and it is these that defile a man;

Mark 7:19

Because it does not pass into his heart, but into his stomach, and is afterwards got rid of?--in saying this Jesus pronounced all food 'clean.'

Luke 6:45

A good man, from the good stores of his heart, brings out what is good; while a bad man, from his bad stores, brings out what is bad. For what fills a man's heart will rise to his lips.

1 Corinthians 6:13

Food exists for the stomach, and the stomach for food; but God will put an end to both the one and the other. The body, however, exists, not for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;

James 3:6

And the tongue is like a spark. Among the members of our body it proves itself a very world of mischief; it contaminates the whole body; it sets the wheels of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by the flames of the Pit.