Font Size
Matthew 15:9-11
Easy-to-Read Version
Matthew 15:9-11
Easy-to-Read Version
9 Their worship of me is worthless.
The things they teach are only human rules.’” (A)
10 Jesus called the people to him. He said, “Listen and understand what I am saying. 11 It is not what people put in their mouth that makes them wrong.[a] It is what comes out of their mouth that makes them wrong.”
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Matthew 15:11 wrong Literally, “unclean” or “not pure,” meaning unacceptable to God. Also in verse 18.
Matthew 15:9-11
New International Version
Matthew 15:9-11
New International Version
10 Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand. 11 What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them,(C) but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”(D)
Footnotes
- Matthew 15:9 Isaiah 29:13
Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
Copyright © 2006 by Bible League International
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.