Matthew 15:10–11
What defiles is what comes out of the mouth, not what goes in
Study it word by word10And summoning the crowd, he said to them, “Listen and understand:
11it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles the person, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles the person.”
In its context
8‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far away from me;
9and in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”
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12Then the disciples come up and say to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees took offense when they heard your word?”
13But he answered and said, “Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.
Its words in the original
- προσκαλεσάμενοςproskalesamenos· summon
Call to oneself, summon.
- ὄχλονochlon· crowd
Crowd, throng; the people.
- εἶπενeipen· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- ἈκούετεAkouete· hear, listen
Hear, listen; also heed.
- συνίετεsyniete· understand
Understand, grasp.
- εἰσερχόμενονeiserchomenon· enter, go in
Enter, go in, come in.
- στόμαstoma· mouth
Mouth.
- κοινοῖkoinoi· defile, make unclean
Make unclean, defile; treat as common what is holy.
- ἄνθρωπονanthrōpon· human being, man
Human being, person, man (without distinguishing male or female).
- ἐκπορευόμενονekporeuomenon· go out, proceed
Go out; also proceed from someone.