Christ proceeds to state what does defile the man, or make him a sinner:

1. Evil thoughts. These are the first thing…

Evil thoughts, ... blasphemies—The plural form points to the great variety of guilt found under each category. The order is, to so…

Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable. And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? Do not ye yet under…

Remigius of Auxerre: The Lord was accustomed to speaking in parables, so when Peter heard, That which entereth into the mo…

For out of the heart proceed wicked thoughts; hence we infer that the word mouth, as I have mentioned, was used by Christ in a fo…

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts
Of God, of Christ, of the Spirit, of fellow creatures, and of all sorts o…

Christ shows that the defilement they should fear was not from what entered their mouths as food, but from what came out of their mouths, which sho…

Above, the Lord showed the power of His teaching under figures; now He shows its sufficiency. This is shown in two ways. Firstly, He shows that He …