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