Matthew 15:18
Good News Translation
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these are the things that make you ritually unclean.

New Revised Standard Version
But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this is what defiles.

Contemporary English Version
But the words that come out of your mouth come from your heart. And they are what make you unfit to worship God.

New American Bible
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But the things which proceed out of the mouth, come forth from the heart, and those things defile a man.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But the things which proceed out of the mouth, come forth from the heart, and those things defile a man.

Matthew 15:11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man: but what cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

Matthew 12:34 O generation of vipers, how can you speak good things, whereas you are evil? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

1 Samuel 24:13 As also it is said in the old proverb: From the wicked shall wickedness come forth: therefore my hand shall not be upon thee. After whom dost thou come out, O king of Israel?

Psalm 36:3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and guile: he would not understand that he might do well.

Proverbs 6:12 He winketh with the eyes, presseth with the foot, speaketh with the finger.

Proverbs 10:32 A deceitful balance is an abomination before the Lord: and a just weight is his will.

Proverbs 15:2,28 The tongue of the wise adorneth knowledge: but the mouth of fools bubbleth out folly. . . .

Luke 19:22 He saith to him: Out of thy own mouth I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up what I laid not down and reaping that which I did not sow.

James 3:6-10 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is placed among our members, which defileth the whole body and inflameth the wheel of our nativity, being set on fire by hell. . . .

Revelation 13:5,6 And there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies: and power was given to him to do, two and forty months. . . .

Context
What Defiles a Man
17Do you not understand, that whatsoever entereth into the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the privy? 18But the things which proceed out of the mouth, come forth from the heart, and those things defile a man. 19For from the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.…
Cross References
Proverbs 4:23
Remove from thee a froward mouth, and let detracting lips be far from thee.

Matthew 12:34
O generation of vipers, how can you speak good things, whereas you are evil? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Matthew 15:11
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man: but what cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

Matthew 15:17
Do you not understand, that whatsoever entereth into the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the privy?

Mark 7:20
But he said that the things which come out from a man, they defile a man.

James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is placed among our members, which defileth the whole body and inflameth the wheel of our nativity, being set on fire by hell.

Matthew 15:17
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