11Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
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There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. …
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! …
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: …
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-20)Christ having proved that the disciples, in eating with unwashen hands, were not to be blamed, as transgressing the traditions and injunctions of the elders, comes here to show that they were not to be blamed, as having done any thing that was in itself evil. In the former part of his discourse he overturned the authority of the law, and in this the reason of it. Observe, I. The solemn introductio…
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