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Matthew 15:11,20 - Compare All Versions

Matthew 15:11 NIV (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.”

Matthew 15:20 NIV (New International Version)

These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”

Matthew 15:11 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

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

Matthew 15:20 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

These are what defile a person. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone.”

Matthew 15:11 NLT (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.”

Matthew 15:20 NLT (New Living Translation)

These are what defile you. Eating with unwashed hands will never defile you.”

Matthew 15:11 CSB (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.”

Matthew 15:20 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

These are the things that defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile a person.”

Matthew 15:11 KJV (King James Version)

not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

Matthew 15:20 KJV (King James Version)

these are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

Matthew 15:11 NKJV (New King James Version)

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

Matthew 15:20 NKJV (New King James Version)

These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”

Matthew 15:10-11 MSG (The Message)

He then called the crowd together and said, “Listen, and take this to heart. It’s not what you swallow that pollutes your life, but what you vomit up.”

Matthew 15:16-20 MSG (The Message)

Jesus replied, “You, too? Are you being willfully stupid? Don’t you know that anything that is swallowed works its way through the intestines and is finally defecated? But what comes out of the mouth gets its start in the heart. It’s from the heart that we vomit up evil arguments, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, lies, and cussing. That’s what pollutes. Eating or not eating certain foods, washing or not washing your hands—that’s neither here nor there.”

Matthew 15:11 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

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

Matthew 15:20 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

These are the things that defile the person; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the person.”

Matthew 15:11 AMP (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.”

Matthew 15:20 AMP (Amplified Bible)

These are the things which defile and dishonor the man; but eating with [ceremonially] unwashed hands does not defile the man.”

Matthew 15:11 NET (New English Translation)

What defiles a person is not what goes into the mouth; it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles a person.”

Matthew 15:20 NET (New English Translation)

These are the things that defile a person; it is not eating with unwashed hands that defiles a person.”