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Matthew 15:17 KJV
Matthew · chapter 15 · verse 17
Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?Matthew 15:17 · King James Version
Matthew 15:17 in context
15Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
16And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
17Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
18But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- understandnoeōto perceive with the mind, to understand, to have understanding, to think upon, heed…G3539 →
- whatsoeverpasindividually, each, every, any, all, the whole, everyone, all things, everything…G3956 →
- mouthstomathe mouth, as part of the body of man, of animals, of fish, etc., since thoughts of a man…G4750 →
- goethchōreōto leave space , to make room, give place, yield, to retire, metaph. to betake one's…G5562 →
- bellykoiliathe whole belly, the entire cavity, the upper [i.e. stomach] and the lower belly are…G2836 →
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Christ having proved that the disciples, in eating with unwashen hands, were not to be blamed, as transgressing the traditions and injunctions of the elders, comes here to show that they were not to be blamed, as having done any thing that was in itself evil.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-20