Matthew 15:17

WEB

¹⁷Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly and then out of the body?

KJV

¹⁷ Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

BSB

¹⁷“Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?

FBV

¹⁷“Don't you see that whatever goes in through the mouth then passes through the stomach, and then leaves the body as waste?

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Extra References

Luke 6:45

⁴⁵The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

1 Corinthians 6:13

¹³“Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods,” but God will bring to nothing both it and them. But the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

Matthew 7:19-20

¹⁹Every tree that doesn’t grow good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. ²⁰Therefore by their fruits you will know them.

Colossians 2:21-22

²¹“Don’t handle, nor taste, nor touch” ²²(all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men?

James 3:6

⁶And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

2 Kings 10:27

²⁷They broke down the pillar of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a latrine, to this day.