Matthew 15:11 Parallel Translations

What goes into a person's mouth doesn't make him unclean. It's what comes out of the mouth that makes a person unclean."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

ASV:

Not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which proceedeth out of the mouth, this defileth the man.

BBE:

Not that which goes into the mouth makes a man unclean, but that which comes out of the mouth.

DBY:

Not what enters into the mouth defiles the man; but what goes forth out of the mouth, this defiles the man.

ERV:

Not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which proceedeth out of the mouth, this defileth the man.

WEY:

It is not what goes into a man's mouth that defiles him; but it is what comes out of his mouth--*that* defiles a man."

WBS:

Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

WEB:

That which enters into the mouth doesn't defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man."

YLT:

not that which is coming into the mouth doth defile the man, but that which is coming forth from the mouth, this defileth the man.'

Matthew 15:11 Cross References

XREF:

Matthew 15:18 "But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man.

Acts 10:14 But Peter said, "By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten anything unholy and unclean."

Acts 10:15 Again a voice came to him a second time, "What God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy."

1 Timothy 4:3 men who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

15:11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man. The Mosaic law forbade Jews to eat what was ceremonially unclean, in order to teach the need of moral purity. The Rabbis added stringent precepts to prevent the slightest contact with ceremonial uncleanness, but were careless about moral purity. Christ shows that a pure heart is far more important than clean food, in the ceremonial sense, in the stomach. Pharisees in all ages have paid more attention to the letter than to the spirit, to the symbol than to that which is signified.
That which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. The impure words that indicate an impure heart. What one eats does not render him defiled before God, but what he says. See Mt 15:18-23.

MHC:

15:10-20 Christ shows that the defilement they ought to fear, was not from what entered their mouths as food, but from what came out of their mouths, which showed the wickedness of their hearts. Nothing will last in the soul but the regenerating graces of the Holy Spirit; and nothing should be admitted into the church but what is from above; therefore, whoever is offended by a plain, seasonable declaration of the truth, we should not be troubled at it. The disciples ask to be better taught as to this matter. Where a weak head doubts concerning any word of Christ, an upright heart and a willing mind seek for instruction. It is the heart that is desperately wicked, Jer 17:9, for there is no sin in word or deed, which was not first in the heart. They all come out of the man, and are fruits of that wickedness which is in the heart, and is wrought there. When Christ teaches, he will show men the deceitfulness and wickedness of their own hearts; he will teach them to humble themselves, and to seek to be cleansed in the Fountain opened for sin and uncleanness.

CONC:

Defile Defiles Defileth Doesn't Entereth Enters Forth Goes Him'unclean Makes Man's Mouth Proceedeth Proceeds Unclean

Defile Defiles Defileth Entereth Enters Forth Goes Him'unclean Makes Mouth Proceedeth Proceeds Unclean

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