Devine Scripture

Matthew 15:17

Matthew chapter 15 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.16And he said, Are ye also even yet without understanding?

v.17This passage

v.18But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Corinthians 6:13

    Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to nought both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

  • 2 Kings 10:27

    And they brake down the pillar of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house, unto this day.

  • Matthew 7:19

    Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

  • Luke 6:45

    The good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth that which is evil: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

  • James 3:6

    And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.

  • Colossians 2:21

    Handle not, nor taste, nor touch