Matthew 15:17
15 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
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
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Read in context1 Corinthians 6:13
Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
Read in contextMatthew 7:19–20
Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Read in contextJames 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Read in contextColossians 2:21–22
(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
Read in context2 Kings 10:27
And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.
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