18But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
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The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. …
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
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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