Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
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Gill's Exposition
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth the man,.... No sorts of meats, or drinks, or whatever is proper food for men, or manner of eating and drinking them, when moderately used, defile a man,…
See also Mar 7:15-17. And he called the multitude - In opposition to the doctrines of the Pharisees, the Saviour took occasion to show them that the great source of pollution was the heart. They…
Christ having proved that the disciples, in eating with unwashen hands, were not to be blamed, as transgressing the traditions and injunctions of the elders, comes here to show that they were not to…
Cambridge Bible
defileth Literally, maketh common; cp. "common or unclean," Act 10:14. "The Pharisees esteemed -defiled" men for - commonand vulgar" men; on the contrary, a religious man among men is -a…
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