NT References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

Matthew 15:11

Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II "For it is not that which entereth in that defileth a man, but that which goeth out of his mouth."[21]

Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II

The use of them is accordingly indifferent to us. "For not what entereth into the mouth defileth the man,"[48]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book II

and reflecting that "blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God; "[113]

Tertullian On Fasting

and that the Lord Himself in the Gospel has given a compendious answer to every kind of scrupulousness in regard to food; "that not by such things as are introduced into the mouth is a man defiled, but by such as are produced out of the mouth; "[13]

Origen Against Celsus Book VIII

But those things which proceed out of the mouth are evil thoughts when spoken, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies."[57]

Gregory Thaumaturgus Canonical Epistle

But the Saviour also, who cleanseth all meats, says, "Not that which goeth into a man defileth the man, but that which cometh out."[4]

Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book VII

For "not those things that go into the mouth, but those that come out of it, defile a man; "[98]

Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI

For if "not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man, but that which proceedeth out of the mouth,"[97]

Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI

Now some one when dealing with the passage might say, that just as "not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man,"[135]

Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI

But He withdrew, perhaps because the Pharisees were offended when they heard that "not that which entereth in, but that which proceedeth out, defileth the man; "[153]

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Matthew 15:11

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