Matthew 15:11
Modern Translations
New International Version
What goes into someone's mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them."

New Living Translation
It’s not what goes into your mouth that defiles you; you are defiled by the words that come out of your mouth.”

English Standard Version
it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”

Berean Study Bible
A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”

New American Standard Bible
It is not what enters the mouth that defiles the person, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles the person.”

NASB 1995
"It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man."

NASB 1977
“Not what enters into the mouth defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”

Amplified Bible
It is not what goes into the mouth of a man that defiles and dishonors him, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles and dishonors him.”

Christian Standard Bible
It’s not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth—this defiles a person.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
It's not what goes into the mouth that defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man."

Contemporary English Version
The food you put into your mouth doesn't make you unclean and unfit to worship God. The bad words that come out of your mouth are what make you unclean."

Good News Translation
It is not what goes into your mouth that makes you ritually unclean; rather, what comes out of it makes you unclean."

GOD'S WORD® Translation
What goes into a person's mouth doesn't make him unclean. It's what comes out of the mouth that makes a person unclean."

International Standard Version
It is not what goes into the mouth that makes a person unclean. It is what comes out of the mouth that makes a person unclean."

NET Bible
What defiles a person is not what goes into the mouth; it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles a person."
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

New King James Version
Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”

King James 2000 Bible
Not that which goes into the mouth defiles a man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.

New Heart English Bible
That which enters into the mouth does not defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man."

World English Bible
That which enters into the mouth doesn't defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man."

American King James Version
Not that which goes into the mouth defiles a man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.

American Standard Version
Not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which proceedeth out of the mouth, this defileth the man.

A Faithful Version
That which goes into the mouth does not defile the man; but that which comes out of his mouth, this defiles the man."

Darby Bible Translation
Not what enters into the mouth defiles the man; but what goes forth out of the mouth, this defiles the man.

English Revised Version
Not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which proceedeth out of the mouth, this defileth the man.

Webster's Bible Translation
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
That which goeth into the mouth, defileth not the man, but that which commeth out of the mouth, that defileth the man.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
That which goeth into the mouth, defyleth not the man: but that which commeth out of the mouth, defyleth the man.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
That which goeth in to the mouth, defyleth not the ma: but yt which cometh out of the mouth, defyleth ye ma.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
That which goeth into the mouth defyleth not ye man: but that which commeth out of the mouth defyleth the man.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
[it is] not that which is coming into the mouth [that] defiles the man, but that which is coming forth from the mouth, this defiles the man.”

Berean Literal Bible
It is not what is entering into the mouth that defiles the man; but that going forth out of the mouth, this defiles the man."

Young's Literal Translation
not that which is coming into the mouth doth defile the man, but that which is coming forth from the mouth, this defileth the man.'

Smith's Literal Translation
Not that coming into the mouth pollutes the man; but that going forth out of the mouth, this pollutes the man.

Literal Emphasis Translation
It is not that entering into the mouth that defiles the man; but that going out from the mouth, this defiles the man.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man: but what cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

Catholic Public Domain Version
A man is not defiled by what enters into the mouth, but by what proceeds from the mouth. This is what defiles a man.”

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“It is not the thing that enters the mouth that defiles a man, but the thing that proceeds from the mouth that defiles a man.”

Lamsa Bible
It is not what enters into the mouth which defiles man; but what goes out of the mouth, that is what defiles man.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
That which enters the mouth does not defile the man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles the man.

Godbey New Testament
That if which cometh into the mouth does not defile the man; but that which cometh out from the mouth, that defiles the man.

Haweis New Testament
not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but what cometh out of the mouth, that defileth the man.

Mace New Testament
that which entereth by the mouth is not what defiles a man: but what defiles the man is that which is discharged by the mouth.

Weymouth New Testament
It is not what goes into a man's mouth that defiles him; but it is what comes out of his mouth--*that* defiles a man."

Worrell New Testament
Not that which enters into the mouth defiles the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth?this defiles the man."

Worsley New Testament
not that which goeth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this polluteth the man.
















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