Matthew 15:17-18
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Other commentaries on this verse
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Matthew 15:17-18. Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught . - But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
It is not that which we eat that defileth us. If it is such food as we ought to take, it builds up the body. If it is improper food, it may injure the body, yet it is not in itself capable of being regarded as sin; but a spiritual thing, - a thought, a desire, an imagination, - - comes out of the heart, and if that is evil, it does defile the man.