17"Don't you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?


In Context

14 Leave them; they are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit."

15 Peter said, "Explain the parable to us."

16 "Are you still so dull?" Jesus asked them.

17 "Don't you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?

18 But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man 'unclean.'

19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

Matthew 15:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:17Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:17Do you not understand, that whatsoever entereth into the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the privy?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:17Perceive ye not, that whatsoever goeth into the mouth passeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:17Do ye not yet apprehend, that everything that enters into the mouth finds its way into the belly, and is cast forth into the draught?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:17Perceive ye not, that whatsoever goeth into the mouth passeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:17Do ye not yet understand, that whatever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:17Don't you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and then out of the body?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:17do ye not understand that all that is going into the mouth doth pass into the belly, and into the drain is cast forth?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:17Do not you yet understand, that whatever enters in at the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?