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Matthew 15:17
Matthew 15:17 is verse 17 of Matthew chapter 15, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
“Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?
King James Version
Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
World English Bible
Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly and then out of the body?
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Matthew 15:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible
15 Peter said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”
16 “Do you still not understand?” Jesus asked.
17 “Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?
18 But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man.
19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Matthew 7:19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Matthew 7:20So then, by their fruit you will recognize them.
Luke 6:45The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
1 Corinthians 6:13“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
Colossians 2:21“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?
Colossians 2:22These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.
James 3:6The 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.
2 Kings 10:27They also demolished the sacred pillar of Baal. Then they tore down the temple of Baal and made it into a latrine, which it is to this day.