Matthew 15:18
16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
17 Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
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:
20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man.
- KJV
- But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
- WEB
- But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.
- ASV
- But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man.
- DARBY
- but the things which go forth out of the mouth come out of the heart, and those defile man.
- BLB
- But the things proceeding out of the mouth come forth out of the heart, and these defile the man.
- ÅB
- Men det som går ut av munnen kommer fra hjertet, og det er det som gjør mennesket urent.
- OTB
- Men det som kommer ut av munnen, kommer fra hjertet, og dette gjør et menneske urent.
- B1930
- Men det som går ut av munnen, det kommer fra hjertet, og dette er det som gjør mennesket urent.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 15:28
The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
Read in contextMatthew 12:34
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Read in contextJames 3:6–10
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 contextMatthew 15:11
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
Read in contextProverbs 15:2
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
Read in contextProverbs 10:32
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
Read in contextProverbs 6:12
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
Read in context1 Samuel 24:13
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
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