That which cometh out of the man. His words; the expression of his thoughts and feelings; his conduct, as the expression of inward malice,…

Pseudo-Chrysostom: The Jews focus on and complain about only the bodily purification of the law; our Lord wishes to int…

The main force of this passage is the same as in v.15b: the source of uncleanness in anyone is the heart (Jeremiah 17:9), for that is w…

And he said
Continued to say in his discourse; though this is left but in the Syriac version;

tha…

Our wicked thoughts and affections, words and actions, defile us, and these only. As a corrupt fountain sends forth corrupt streams, so does a corr…