Matthew 15:17

What Defiles a Man

16“Do you still not understand?” Jesus asked.17“Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?18But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man.

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Berean Standard Bible
“Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?
American Standard Version (1901)
Perceive ye not, that whatsoever goeth into the mouth passeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
Bible in Basic English
Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes on into the stomach, and is sent out as waste?
Douay-Rheims 1899
Do you not understand, that whatsoever entereth into the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the privy?
Free Bible Version
“Don't you see that whatever goes in through the mouth then passes through the stomach, and then leaves the body as waste?
Geneva Bible 1599
Perceiue ye not yet, that whatsoeuer entreth into the mouth, goeth into the bellie, and is cast out into the draught?
King James (Authorized) Version
Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
One Unity Resource Bible
Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and then out of the body?
Translation for Translators
◄You ought to understand that all food that people eat enters their stomachs, and later the refuse passes out of their bodies./Cannot you understand that all food that people eat enters their stomachs and later the refuse passes out of their bodies?► [RHQ] Because food does not alter what we think and desire, what we eat does not cause God to consider that we are unacceptable to him.
Unlocked Literal Bible
Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is then passed out into the latrine?
Noah Webster Bible
Do ye not yet understand, that whatever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
World English Bible
Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly and then out of the body?
Young's Literal Translation
do ye not understand that all that is going into the mouth doth pass into the belly, and into the drain is cast forth?