Matthew Chapter 15, Verse 11
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11: ου το εισερχομενον εις το στομα κοινοι τον ανθρωπον αλλα το εκπορευομενον εκ του στοματος τουτο κοινοι τον ανθρωπον
11: Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that
which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
11: Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man: but what
cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
Not that which goeth into the mouth, The disciples were charged with being sinners for transgressing the tradition of the elders, in eating with unwashed hands. Jesus replies, that what they should eat could not render them sinners. The man, the moral agent, the soul, could not be polluted by anything that was eaten. What proceeds from the man himself, from his heart, would defile him.
Defileth. To pollute, corrupt, to render sinful.
