Mateo 15:18

18 pero las palabras que ustedes dicen provienen del corazón; eso es lo que los contamina.

Mateo 15:18 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 15:18

But those things which proceed out of the mouth
Meaning not material things, as spittle, vomit but, as it follows, which

come forth from the heart:
are first conceived and formed there, and then come forth from thence, and are expressed by the mouth; as all idle words, foolish talking, filthy jesting, unsavoury communication, and every word that is rotten and corrupt, or which is done in the life and conversation;

and they defile the man:
the heart is the corrupt fountain from whence all moral defilement flows; and sinful words and actions are the impure streams, which spring from thence, and increase the moral pollution of human nature.

Mateo 15:18 In-Context

16 —preguntó Jesús—.

17 Todo lo que comen pasa a través del estómago y luego termina en la cloaca,

18 pero las palabras que ustedes dicen provienen del corazón; eso es lo que los contamina.

19 Pues del corazón salen los malos pensamientos, el asesinato, el adulterio, toda inmoralidad sexual, el robo, la mentira y la calumnia.

20 Esas cosas son las que los contaminan. Comer sin lavarse las manos nunca los contaminará.