Mark 7:15

“I tell you this so that you know. People might not wash their hands before they eat food, but that doesn't make the food wrong for God. And if they eat that food, it doesn't mean that they have turned away from God. It is the things people say and the things they do that show that they are not right with God.”

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In The King James Version

There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.

In Context

14Then Jesus called out to all the people and said,

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Cross References

Mark 7:18Jesus was surprised, and said, “Why can't you understand what I am saying? Listen, when you eat something, it goes into your stomach and later on, it goes out of your body and into the toilet. It is not what you eat that makes you not right with God.” When Jesus said this, he was saying that all food is good to eat.

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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