Matthew 15:17

15 Peter said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”

16 “Do you still not understand?” Jesus asked.

“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.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
“Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?
KJV
Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
WEB
Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly and then out of the body?
ASV
Perceive ye not, that whatsoever goeth into the mouth passeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
DARBY
Do ye not yet apprehend, that everything that enters into the mouth finds its way into the belly, and is cast forth into the draught?
BLB
Do you⁺ not perceive that everything entering into the mouth goes into the belly and is cast out into the sewer?
ÅB
Skjønner dere ikke at alt det som kommer inn i munnen, går ned i magen og ut den naturlige veien?
OTB
"Ser dere ikke at det som går inn i munnen, går ned i magen og deretter blir eliminert?
B1930
Skjønner I ikke at alt det som kommer inn i munnen, går i buken og kastes ut den naturlige vei?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Luke 6:45

    The 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Matthew 7:19–20

    Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

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  • 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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  • Colossians 2:21–22

    “Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?

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  • 2 Kings 10:27

    They 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.

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