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Matthew 15:18

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But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man.

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Matthew 15:18 in other translations

But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.

Matthew 15:18 · World English Bible

Matthew 15:18 in context

  1. 16And he said, Are ye also even yet without understanding?
  2. 17Perceive ye not, that whatsoever goeth into the mouth passeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
  3. 18But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man.
  4. 19For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:
  5. 20these are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not the man.