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Matthew 15:11

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11“aIt 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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Cross references

  1. aMatt 15:18; Acts 10:14, 15; 1 Tim 4:3

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

NLTNew Living Translation

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

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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

KJV 1900King James Version

Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.