Mark 7:19

because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)

Berean Standard Bible

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

18“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,

20He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:17“Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?

Acts 10:15The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”

Romans 14:1Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.

Colossians 2:16Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.

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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