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Matthew 15:11

11 kNot that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

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Matthew 15:11 — The New International Version (NIV)

11 What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”

Matthew 15:11 — English Standard Version (ESV)

11 it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”

Matthew 15:11 — New Living Translation (NLT)

11 It’s not what goes into your mouth that defiles you; you are defiled by the words that come out of your mouth.”

Matthew 15:11 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

11 Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”

Matthew 15:11 — New Century Version (NCV)

11 It is not what people put into their mouths that makes them unclean. It is what comes out of their mouths that makes them unclean.”

Matthew 15:11 — American Standard Version (ASV)

11 Not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which proceedeth out of the mouth, this defileth the man.

Matthew 15:11 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

11 Not what enters into the mouth defiles the man; but what goes forth out of the mouth, this defiles the man.

Matthew 15:11 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

11 What goes into a person’s mouth doesn’t make him unclean.It’s what comes out of the mouth that makes a person unclean.” 

Matthew 15:11 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

11 It’s not what goes into the mouth that defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”

Matthew 15:11 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

11 it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles.”

Matthew 15:11 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

11 It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth—this defiles a person.”

Matthew 15:11 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

11 What goes into your mouth does not make you ‘unclean.’ It’s what comes out of your mouth that makes you ‘unclean.’ ”

Matthew 15:11 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

11 It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”


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