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


In Context

8 This people honour me with the lips, but their heart is far away from me;

9 but in vain do they worship me, teaching as teachings commandments of men.

10 And having called to him the crowd, he said to them, Hear and understand:

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

12 Then his disciples, coming up, said to him, Dost thou know that the Pharisees, having heard this word, have been offended?

13 But he answering said, Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted up.

Matthew 15:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:11Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:11What goes into a man's mouth does not make him 'unclean,' but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him 'unclean.' "

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:11Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man: but what cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:11Not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which proceedeth out of the mouth, this defileth the man.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:11Not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which proceedeth out of the mouth, this defileth the man.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:11Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:11That which enters into the mouth doesn't defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:11not that which is coming into the mouth doth defile the man, but that which is coming forth from the mouth, this defileth the man.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:11Not that which goes into the mouth defiles a man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.