Matthew 15:11

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οὐ τὸ εἰσερχόμενον εἰς τὸ στόμα κοινοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον· ἀλλὰ τὸ ἐκπορευόμενον ἐκ τοῦ στόματος, τοῦτο κοινοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον.

Transliteration

Not the [thing] eiserchomenon into the stoma koinoi the anthrōpon; but the [thing] ekporeuomenon out of the stomatos, this koinoi the anthrōpon.

Grammar Details

• *Ou*: negative particle - not
• *to eiserchomenon*: present participle, nominative, neuter, singular - the thing entering
• *eis*: preposition + accusative - into
• *to stoma*: accusative, neuter, singular - the mouth
• *koinoi*: present, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - defiles
• *ton anthrōpon*: accusative, masculine, singular - the man/person
• *alla*: strong adversative conjunction - but
• *to ekporeuomenon*: present participle, nominative, neuter, singular - the thing proceeding
• *ek*: preposition + genitive - out of
• *tou stomatos*: genitive, neuter, singular - the mouth
• *touto*: demonstrative pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular - this

Word Meanings

• *eiserchomenon*: entering/going into
• *stoma*: mouth/speech
• *koinoi*: defiles/makes common/makes unclean
• *anthrōpon*: man/person/human
• *ekporeuomenon*: proceeding/coming out/going forth

Referenced Verses

• Acts 10:14-15 : 14 But Peter sayde, Not so Lorde: For I haue neuer eaten any thyng that is common or vncleane. 15 And the voyce spake vnto hym againe the seconde tyme: What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
• Mark 7:15 : 15 There is nothyng without a man, that can defyle hym, when it entreth into hym: But the thynges whiche proceade out of a man, those are they that defyle the man.
• Rom 14:14 : 14 For I knowe, and am perswaded by the Lorde Iesus, that there is nothyng common of it selfe: but vnto hym that iudgeth it to be common, to hym is it common.
• Rom 14:17 : 17 For the kyngdome of God, is not meat and drinke: but righteousnesse, & peace, and ioy in the holy ghost.
• Luke 11:38-41 : 38 When the pharisee sawe it, he marueyled that he had not first wasshed before dynner. 39 And the Lorde said vnto him: Now do ye pharisees make cleane the outsyde of the cuppe, and the platter, but the inward part is full of your rauenyng and wickednesse. 40 Ye fooles, dyd not he that made that whiche is without, make that which is within also? 41 But rather geue almes of those thynges which are within, and beholde all thynges are cleane vnto you.
• Matt 12:34-37 : 34 O generation of vipers, howe can ye speake good thynges, when ye your selues are euyll? For out of the aboundauce of the heart, the mouth speaketh. 35 A good man, out of the good treasure of the heart, bryngeth foorth good thynges: And an euyll man, out of euyll treasure, bryngeth foorth euyll thynges. 36 But I say vnto you, of euery idell worde that men shall speake, they shall geue accompt therof, in the day of iudgment. 37 For of thy wordes, thou shalt be iustified: and of thy wordes, thou shalt be condemned.
• Matt 15:18-20 : 18 But those thynges which proceade out of the mouth, come foorth from the heart, and they defyle the man. 19 For out of the heart, proceade euyll thoughtes, murders, adulteries, whordomes, theftes, false witnesse, blasphemyes. 20 These are the thynges, which defyle a man: But to eate with vnwasshen handes, defyleth not a man.
• Ps 10:7 : 7 His mouth is full of cursing, and of deceate, and of fraude: vnder his tongue is labour and mischiefe.
• Ps 12:2 : 2 Euery one vseth vayne talke with his neyghbour: and speaketh with a double heart out of flatteryng lippes.
• Ps 52:2-4 : 2 Thy tongue imagineth wickednes: and deceaueth like a sharpe raser. 3 Thou hast loued vngratiousnes more then goodnes: and to talke of falshood more then of righteousnes. Selah. 4 Thou hast loued to speake all wordes that may do hurt: O thou deceiptfull tongue.
• Ps 58:3-4 : 3 The vngodly are straungers euen from their mothers wombe: assoone as they be borne, they go astray and speake a lye. 4 They haue poyson within them lyke to the poyson of a serpent: they be lyke the deafe adder that stoppeth her eares,
• Jas 3:5-8 : 5 Euen so the tongue is a litle member also, & boasteth great thynges. Beholde how great a matter a litle fire kindleth. 6 And the tongue is fyre, euen a worlde of wickednesse. So is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fyre the course of nature, & it is set on fyre of hell. 7 All the natures of beastes, & of byrdes, and of serpentes, and thynges of the sea, are meeked and tamed of the nature of man: 8 But the tongue can no man tame, it is an vnruly euyll, full of deadly poyson.
• 2 Pet 2:18 : 18 For when they haue spoken the great swellyng wordes of vanitie, they entice through lustes in the voluptuousnesse of the fleshe, them that were cleane escaped, from them whiche are wrapped in errour,
• Acts 11:8-9 : 8 But I sayde, Not so Lorde: For nothyng common or vncleane hath at any tyme entred into my mouth. 9 But the voyce aunswered me agayne from heaue: Make them not comon which God hath cleansed.
• Rom 3:13-14 : 13 Their throte is an open sepulchre, with their tongues they haue deceaued, the poyso of aspes is vnder their lippes. 14 Whose mouth is full of cursyng and bytternesse.
• Isa 37:23 : 23 But thou Sennacherib, whom hast thou defied and blasphemed? Agaynst whom hast thou lifted vp thy voyce, and exalted thy proude lokes? euen agaynst the holy one of Israel.
• Isa 59:3-5 : 3 For your handes are defiled with blood, and your fingers with vnrighteousnesse: your lippes speake leasinges, and your tongue setteth out wickednesse. 4 No man regardeth righteousnesse, and no man iudgeth truely: euery man hopeth in vayne things, and imagineth deceipt, conceaueth weerinesse, and bringeth foorth euill. 5 They breede cockatrice egges, and weaue the spiders webbe, who so eateth of their egges, dyeth: but if one treade vpon them, there commeth vp a serpent.
• Isa 59:13-15 : 13 namely transgresse and dissemble against the Lorde, and fall away from our God, vsing presumpteous and trayterous imaginations, and casting false matters in our heartes. 14 And therefore is equitie gone aside, and righteousnesse standeth farre of, trueth is fallen downe in the streete, and the thing that is playne and open, may not be shewed. 15 Yea the trueth is taken away, and he that refraineth hym selfe from euyll, must be spoyled: When the Lorde sawe this, it displeased hym sore that there was no equitie.
• Jer 9:3-6 : 3 They bend their tongues like vowes to shoote out lyes, they waxe strong vppon earth: As for the trueth, they may nothing away withall in the worlde, for they go from one wickednes to another, and wyll not knowe me, saith the Lorde. 4 Yea, one must kepe hym selfe from another, no man may safely trust his owne brother: for one brother vndermindeth another, one neighbour beguileth another. 5 Yea, one dissembleth with another, and they deale with no trueth: They haue practised their tongues to lye, and taken great paynes to do mischiefe. 6 Thou sittest in the middes of a deceiptfull people, which for very dissembling falshood wyll not knowe me, saith the Lorde.
• Rom 14:20 : 20 Destroy not the worke of God for meates sake. All thinges are pure: but it is euyll for that man, which eateth with offence.
• 1 Tim 4:4-5 : 4 For euery creature of God is good, and nothyng to be refused, yf it be receaued with thankes geuyng. 5 For it is sanctified by the worde of God and prayer.
• Titus 1:15 : 15 Unto the pure, are all thynges pure: but vnto them that are defyled and vnbeleuyng, is nothyng pure, but euen the mynde and conscience of them is defyled.
• Heb 13:9 : 9 Be not caryed about with diuers & strange doctrines: For it is a good thing that the heart be stablisshed with grace, & not with meates, which haue not profited the that haue ben occupied therin.