Mark 7:19

For it does not enter into his heart, but into the gut, and it exits into the sewer, purging all foods.”

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In The King James Version

Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?

In Context

18And he said to them: “So, are you also without prudence? Do you not understand that everything entering to a man from outside is not able to pollute him?

20“But,” he said “the things which go out from a man, these pollute a man.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:17Do you not understand that everything that enters into the mouth goes into the gut, and is cast into the sewer?

Acts 10:15And the voice, again a second time to him: “What God has purified, you shall not call common.”

Romans 14:1But accept those who are weak in faith, without disputing about ideas.

Colossians 2:16Therefore, let no one judge you as concerns food or drink, or a particular feast day, or feast days of new moons, or of Sabbaths.

Matthew Henry on Mark 7:2-24

The Traditions of the Elders; The Worst Defilement from Within. 1 Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. 2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. 3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. 4 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they… Read the whole commentary →

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