Bible verse
A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”
Matthew 15:11 · BSB
The verses around it, from Matthew 15.
7 You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:
8 ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
9 They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”
10 Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “Listen and understand.
11 A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”
12 Then the disciples came to Him and said, “Are You aware that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”
13 But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.
14 Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
15 Peter said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”
KJV
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
ASV
Not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which proceedeth out of the mouth, this defileth the man.
ERV
Not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which proceedeth out of the mouth, this defileth the man.
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