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Matthew 15:17 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly and then out of the body? "
Matthew 15:17
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
15 Peter answered him, “Explain the parable to us.”
16 So Jesus said, “Do you also still not understand?
17 Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly and then out of the body?
18 But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.
19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
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Matthew 15:1
"Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,"
Matthew 15:2
"“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat bread.”"
Matthew 15:3
"He answered them, “Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?"
Matthew 15:4
"For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’"
Matthew 15:5
"But you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, “Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,”"
Matthew 15:6
"he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition."
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