Mark 7:19

because it does not enter into his heart but into his belly, and goes out into the draught, purging all meats?

Darby Translation

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 says to them, Are *ye* also thus unintelligent? Do ye not perceive that all that is outside entering into the man cannot defile him,

20And he said, That which goes forth out of the man, that defiles the man.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:17Do ye not yet apprehend, that everything that enters into the mouth finds its way into the belly, and is cast forth into the draught?

Acts 10:15And [there was] a voice again the second time to him, What God has cleansed, do not *thou* make common.

Romans 14:1Now him that is weak in the faith receive, not to [the] determining of questions of reasoning.

Colossians 2:16Let none therefore judge you in meat or in drink, or in matter of feast, or new moon, or 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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