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“Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man” (Matthew 15:11).
Many people today are very careful what they eat. There are many different “fad diets,” that promise various and amazing results! Some people do not eat certain foods simply because they do not like them. During the Covid pandemic, we washed our hands more frequently so as not to spread the virus unnecessarily. Yet many of those same people are not too concerned about the coarse and often foul language that comes out of their mouths.
In today’s verse, the Lord Jesus rebukes the Pharisees for insisting that people wash their hands before eating, while at the same time adding other traditions to the law that effectively took away the force of what the law said. He showed them clearly that what they said was far more serious than what went into their mouths. What comes out of our mouths comes from the heart, and even true believers can be guilty of using bad language that defiles them. As believers, we should let our new life in Christ dictate what comes out of our mouths.
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