Matthew Poole and continuators on Matthew 15:11

11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man, but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

Mark hath the same, Ch. 7.15. Our Saviour turns off his Di[illegible: 1 letter]course from the Pharisees and Scribes, who he saw were in[illegible: 1 letter]oc[illegible: 1 letter]ble, to the multitude in who[illegible: 1 letter] he discerned a m[illegible: 1 letter]re teachable Temper; he useth the Preface Hear and u[illegible: 1 letter]d[illegible: 2 letters]stand, as well knowing how they had been taught, and w[illegible: 1 letter]at an advant[illegible: 1 letter]ge Error in Posse[illegible: 1 letter]sion hath. That which h[illegible: 1 letter] tells them, and that before the Scribes and Pharises (as will a[illegible: 2 letters]ear by the following Verses) was▪ That that which goeth into a M[illegible: 1 letter]n do[illegible: 1 letter]h not defile him, but that which cometh out of [illegible: 1 word]. He speaketh not of a Levitical Pollution, for so he t[illegible: 1 letter]at did eat of an unclean thing, might by it▪ be defiled, b[illegible: 1 letter]t even in such an E[illegible: 1 letter]ting, it was not the Flesh of the unc[illegible: 1 letter]ean Bird, or Beast that de[illegible: 1 letter]iled the M[illegible: 1 letter]n, but his sinful Lusting after it, and E[illegible: 1 letter]ting it in D[illegible: 1 letter]sobedience to the Comm[illegible: 2 letters]d o[illegible: 1 letter] God.

Marginal references: A[illegible: 1 letter]t. 10.15. Ro[illegible: 1 letter]. 14.17.2[illegible: 1 letter]. T[illegible: 1 letter]t. 1.15.