Sinai LogoSinai

Matthew 15:18

World English Bible

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

Read all of Matthew 15Open in the Sinai app

Matthew 15:18 in other translations

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

Matthew 15:18 · American Standard Version

Matthew 15:18 in context

  1. 16So Jesus said, “Do you also still not understand?
  2. 17Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and then out of the body?
  3. 18But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.
  4. 19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
  5. 20These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn’t defile the man.”