OET interlinear MAT 15:11

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τὸ εἰσερχόμενον εἰς τὸ στόμα

the_‹thing› coming_in into the mouth

Here Jesus is referring to food and drink, which are what people put into their mouths. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [The food and drink that the man puts into his mouth]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

τὸ στόμα & τὸν ἄνθρωπον & τοῦ στόματος & τὸν ἄνθρωπον

the_‹thing› the mouth & the person & the mouth & the person

The phrases the mouth and the man represent men and their mouths in general, not one particular man and his mouth. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: [someone’s mouth … that person … someone’s mouth … that person]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

(Occurrence -1) τὸν ἄνθρωπον

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: οὐ τὸ εἰσερχόμενον εἰς τὸ στόμα κοινοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἀλλὰ τὸ ἐκπορευόμενον ἐκ τοῦ στόματος τοῦτο κοινοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον)

Although the term man is masculine, Jesus is using the word in a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a phrase that makes this clear. Alternate translation: [the person … the person]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo

τὸ ἐκπορευόμενον ἐκ τοῦ στόματος, τοῦτο

the_‹thing› the the_‹thing› going_out out_of the mouth this

Here, the word this refers directly back to what comes out from the mouth. Jesus expresses the idea in this way to introduce what comes out from the mouth and then explain what it does. If stating the topic and then referring back to it with the word this would be redundant in your language, you could omit the redundant information. Alternate translation: [what comes out from the mouth]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τὸ ἐκπορευόμενον ἐκ τοῦ στόματος

the_‹thing› the the_‹thing› going_out out_of the mouth

Here Jesus is referring to words, which are what come out of people’s mouths. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [the words that come out of his mouth]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / go

ἐκπορευόμενον

going_out

In a context such as this, your language might say “goes” instead of comes. Alternate translation: [goes out]