Matthew 15:17 KJV

Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

Words Then and Now

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Thou and Ye

  • ye more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

Thompson Chains

Harmony of the Gospels

Cross References

  • 1 Corinthians 6:13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
  • 2 Kings 10:27 And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.
  • Matthew 7:19–20 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. …
  • Luke 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
  • Colossians 2:21–22 (Touch not; taste not; handle not; …

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Greek and Strong’s

  • Do νοεῖτε noeite νοιέω Verb · present active indicative, second person plural
  • not οὔπω oúpō
  • ye νοιέω noiéō
  • yet Οὔπω Oupō οὔπω Adverb
  • understand νοιέω noiéō
  • that ὅτι hoti ὅτι Conjunction
  • whatsoever πᾶν pan πᾶς Adjective · nominative neuter singular
  • entereth in τὸ to Pronoun · nominative neuter singular εἰσπορευόμενον eisporeuomenon εἰσπορεύομαι Verb · present middle participle, nominative neuter singular
  • at εἰς eis εἰς Preposition
  • the mouth τὸ to Article · accusative neuter singular στόμα stoma στόμα Noun · accusative neuter singular
  • goeth χωρεῖ chōrei χωρέω Verb · present active indicative, third person singular
  • into εἰς eis εἰς Preposition
  • the belly τὴν tēn Article · accusative feminine singular κοιλίαν koilian κοιλία Noun · accusative feminine singular
  • and καὶ kai καί Conjunction
  • is cast out ἐκβάλλεται ekballetai ἐκβάλλω Verb · present passive indicative, third person singular
  • into εἰς eis εἰς Preposition
  • the draught ἀφεδρῶνα aphedrōna ἀφεδρών Noun · accusative masculine singular

Greek: KJTR, Alan Bunning, CNTR · CC BY 4.0

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