Mark 7:19

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

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

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 saith to them: So are you also without knowledge? Understand you not that every thing from without entering into a man cannot defile him:

20But he said that the things which come out from a man, they defile a man.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:17Do you not understand, that whatsoever entereth into the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the privy?

Acts 10:15And the voice spoke to him again the second time: That which God hath cleansed, do not thou call common.

Romans 14:1Now him that is weak in faith, take unto you: not in disputes about thoughts.

Colossians 2:16Let no man therefore judge you in meat or in drink or in respect of a festival day or of the new moon or of the sabbaths, In meat, etc... He means with regard to the Jewish observations of the distinction of clean and unclean meats; and of their festivals, new moons, and sabbaths, as being no longer obligatory.

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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