...thinking it a parable when it was not. We read: "And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding ? Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth...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....

...withouten understanding: 17 perceive ye not, that whatsoever goeth in at the mouth, descendeth down into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?...But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, breaking...

...of the body. But in that which follows He plainly speaks of the mouth of the heart, where He says, " But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts," s etc. What is clearer than this explanation ? And yet,...

...fulminations against the heart. It is the heart that is the central issue, not what one eats or does not eat: But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness,...

...understand, that whatsoever enters in at the mouth goes 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. "For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness,...

...also to His disciples concerning the same thing: "Are ye also yet without understanding ? Do ye not understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth...goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught ? '* Here He most certainly pointed to the mouth of the body. But in that which follows He plainly...

...defiling the temple of God. The words of our Lord Jesus support this principle as well as it is written, But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. [Matthew 15:18] It is also written, And the tongue is afire, a world of iniquity; so is the tongue...

...ways, and according to the fruit of his doings" (Jer, 7:9-10 KJV), Jesus lifts the lid on man's heart. "But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart, and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness,...

...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. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness,...

...understand that whatsoever enters in at the mouth goes 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. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornication, thefts, false witness,...