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.

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that which goeth.

Mark 7:15
Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him."

Luke 11:38-41
But the Pharisee was astonished to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal. . . .

Acts 10:14, 15
"No, Lord!" Peter answered. "I have never eaten anything impure or unclean." . . .

Acts 11:8, 9
No, Lord, ' I said, 'for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.' . . .

Romans 14:14, 17, 20
I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean. . . .

1 Timothy 4:4, 5
For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected, . . .

Titus 1:15
To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.

Hebrews 13:9
Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by ceremonial foods, which are of no value to those devoted to them.

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Matthew 15:18-20
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man. . . .

Matthew 12:34-37
You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks. . . .

Psalm 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.

Psalm 12:2
They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.

Psalm 52:2-4
Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit. . . .

Psalm 58:3, 4
The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth. . . .

Isaiah 37:23
Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!

Isaiah 59:3-5, 13-15
For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice. . . .

Jeremiah 9:3-6
"They bend their tongue like their bows; lies instead of truth prevail in the land, for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account, " declares the LORD. . . .

Romans 3:13, 14
Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit. The venom of vipers is on their lips. . . .

James 3:5-8
In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze. . . .

2 Peter 2:18
With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.

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