Matthäus 15:17

17 Begreifet ihr noch nicht, daß alles, was in den Mund eingeht, in den Bauch geht und in den Abort ausgeworfen wird?

Matthäus 15:17 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 15:17

Do not ye understand
You must understand, you cannot be so ignorant,

that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth, goeth into the belly, and
is cast out into the draught?
that is, that whatsoever food a man takes in at his mouth, he swallows down, and it is received into his stomach; which, having performed its office, the grosser parts go down into the belly, and passing through the bowels, are evacuated into the vault, or privy, "purging all meats", as Mark says; for that only receives the filth and excrementitious matter; so that what is left in the body is pure, wholesome, and nourishing: nor can any part of what goes into a man defile him, because it only enters into the body, and passes through it; and, as Mark says, "entereth not into the heart", which is the seat of moral impurity; so that no moral pollution can be contracted by eating any sort of food, even though it should not be clean itself, nor be eaten with clean hands.

Matthäus 15:17 In-Context

15 Petrus aber antwortete und sprach zu ihm: Deute uns dieses Gleichnis.

16 Er aber sprach: Seid auch ihr noch unverständig?

17 Begreifet ihr noch nicht, daß alles, was in den Mund eingeht, in den Bauch geht und in den Abort ausgeworfen wird?

18 Was aber aus dem Munde ausgeht, kommt aus dem Herzen hervor, und das verunreinigt den Menschen.

19 Denn aus dem Herzen kommen hervor böse Gedanken, Mord, Ehebruch, Hurerei, Dieberei, falsche Zeugnisse, Lästerungen;