What Defiles a Man
Matthew 15:17
In 9 translations
- BSB
- “Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?
- KJV
- Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
- WEB
- Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly and then out of the body?
- ASV
- Perceive ye not, that whatsoever goeth into the mouth passeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
- LSV
- Do you not understand that all that is going into the mouth passes into the belly, and is cast forth into the drain?
- YLT
- do ye not understand that all that is going into the mouth doth pass into the belly, and into the drain is cast forth?
- DBY
- Do ye not yet apprehend, that everything that enters into the mouth finds its way into the belly, and is cast forth into the draught?
- DRC
- Do you not understand, that whatsoever entereth into the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the privy?
- GNV
- Perceiue ye not yet, that whatsoeuer entreth into the mouth, goeth into the bellie, and is cast out into the draught?
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read οὐ (“Surely”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read Οὔπω (“Not yet”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: οὐ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read οὐ; Robinson–Pierpont read Οὔπω.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- οὐ νοεῖτε ὅτι πᾶν τὸ εἰσπορευόμενον εἰς τὸ στόμα εἰς τὴν κοιλίαν χωρεῖ καὶ εἰς ἀφεδρῶνα ἐκβάλλεται;
- RP2018
- Οὔπω νοεῖτε ὅτι πᾶν τὸ εἰσπορευόμενον εἰς τὸ στόμα εἰς τὴν κοιλίαν χωρεῖ, καὶ εἰς ἀφεδρῶνα ἐκβάλλεται;
- TR-Boyd
- Οὔπω νοεῖτε ὅτι πᾶν τὸ εἰσπορευόμενον εἰς τὸ στόμα εἰς τὴν κοιλίαν χωρεῖ, καὶ εἰς ἀφεδρῶνα ἐκβάλλεται;
- SCR1894
- ουπω νοειτε οτι παν το εισπορευομενον εις το στομα εις την κοιλιαν χωρει και εις αφεδρωνα εκβαλλεται
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Cross-references most cited first
- Luke 6:45The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
- 1 Corinthians 6:13“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
- Matthew 7:19–20Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. So then, by their fruit you will recognize them.
- James 3:6The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
- 2 Kings 10:27They also demolished the sacred pillar of Baal. Then they tore down the temple of Baal and made it into a latrine, which it is to this day.
- Colossians 2:21–22“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”? These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.
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