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Matthew 15:17

Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

KJV

οὐ νοεῖτε ὅτι πᾶν τὸ εἰσπορευόμενον εἰς τὸ στόμα εἰς τὴν κοιλίαν χωρεῖ καὶ εἰς ἀφεδρῶνα ἐκβάλλεται;

Greek NT

Non intelligitis quia omne quod in os intrat, in ventrem vadit, et in secessum emittitur ?

Vulgate

Perceive ye not, that whatsoever goeth into the mouth passeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

ASV

Do you not understand, that whatsoever entereth into the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the privy?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εἰσπορεύομαι
eisporeuomai
verb · 18×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κοιλία
koilia
noun · 23×
νοιέω
noieo
verb · 14×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
στόμα
stoma
noun · 78×
χωρέω
choreo
verb · 9×
ἀφεδρών
aphedron
noun · 2×
ἐκβάλλω
ekballo
verb · 80×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: οὐ | WH/Treg/NIV: οὐ | RP: Οὔπω
  • οὐSBLGNT
  • οὐWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ΟὔπωRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

2. What then says Christ? He did not set Himself against it, neither made He any defense, but straightway blames them again, plucking down their confidence, and signifying that he who commits great sins ought not to be strict with others concerning small matters. What? When you ought to be blamed, says He, do ye even blame? But do thou observe, how when it is His will to set as…
1. Introduction to the Feeding of the Five Thousand. And when even had come His disciples came to Him, Matthew 14:15 that is, at the consummation of the age in regard to which we may fitly say what is found in the Epistle of John, It is the last hour. 1 John 2:18 They, not yet understanding what the Word was about to do, say to Him, The place is desert, Matthew 14:15 seeing the…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 6:13 — Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
  • 1Cor 6:13 — Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
  • Luke 6:45 — A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the
  • Mark 7:19 — Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
  • Matt 7:19 — Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.