Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. This is expressed even more emphatically in Mark (Mark 7:15-16), and it is there added, "If any man have ears to hear, let him hear." [Tregelles brackets this little verse here, as wanting in some good manuscripts; but Tischendorf, we think rightly, gives it as in the received texts.] As in Matthew 13:9, this so oft-repeated saying seems designed to call attention to the fundamental and universal character of the truth it refers to.