Mark 7:19
It doesn't go into your mind, but into your stomach, and then passes out of the body. So all foods are ceremonially ‘clean.’
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20It's what comes out of you that makes you unclean.
Cross References
Matthew 15:17“Don't you see that whatever goes in through the mouth then passes through the stomach, and then leaves the body as waste?
Acts 10:15He heard the voice speak again, “Don't you call unclean what God has made clean!”
Romans 14:1Accept those who are still struggling to trust in God, and don't get into arguments over personal opinions.
Colossians 2:16So don't let anyone criticize you for what you eat or what you drink, or regarding which religious festival, new moon ritual, or ceremonial sabbaths you choose to observe.
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 →