Matthew 15:11
A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it."
Cross References
Matthew 15:10
Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, "Listen and understand.

Matthew 15:12
Then the disciples came to Him and said, "Are You aware that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?"

Matthew 15:18
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man.

Acts 10:14
"No, Lord!" Peter answered. "I have never eaten anything impure or unclean."

Acts 10:15
The voice spoke to him a second time: "Do not call anything impure that God has made clean."

1 Timothy 4:3
They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

James 3:6
The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.


Treasury of Scripture
Not that which goes into the mouth defiles a man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.

that which goeth.



Mark 7:15
There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.



Luke 11:38-41
And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner…



Acts 10:14,15
But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean…

but.



Matthew 15:18-20
But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man…



Matthew 12:34-37
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh…



Psalm 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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