Matthew 15:11 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
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.`
English ASV
Not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which proceedeth out of the mouth, this defileth the man.
English Amplified
It is not what goes into the mouth of a man that makes him unclean and defiled, but what comes out of the mouth; this makes a man unclean and defiles [him].
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
It is not what goes into the mouth of a man that makes him unclean and defiled, but what comes out of the mouth; this makes a man unclean and defiles [him].
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”
English CSB 2017 - 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.”
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
Not what enters into the mouth defiles the man; but what goes forth out of the mouth, this defiles the man.
English EASY 2024
It is not food that goes into people's mouths that makes them unclean. Instead, what comes out of people's mouths is important. It may show that what is inside them is unclean.’
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
It is not what people put in their mouth that makes them wrong. It is what comes out of their mouth that makes them wrong."
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person."
English GNT (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.”
English God's Word - GW 1995
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."
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
It's not what goes into the mouth that defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man."
English KJV 1611
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
English LSB
It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
That which goes into the mouth does not defile a man, but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - 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."
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
It is not what enters one's mouth that defiles that person; but what comes out of the mouth is what defiles one."
English NET Bible - 2005 (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.”
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
What goes into your mouth does not make you 'unclean.' It's what comes out of your mouth that makes you 'unclean.' "
English NIV
What goes into a man's mouth does not make him 'unclean,' but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him 'unclean.'"
English NKJ 1982
Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”
English NLT
You are not defiled by what you eat; you are defiled by what you say and do. "
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles."
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
What truly contaminates a person is not what he puts into his mouth but what comes out of his mouth. That’s what makes people defiled.”
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
not what goes into the mouth defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
You aren't made unholy by eating nonkosher food! It is what you say and think that makes you unclean.“
English Tyndale 1537
That which goeth in to the mouth, defileth not the man: but that which cometh out of the mouth, defileth the man.