Mark 7:19

Because it does not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and into the drain it goes out, purifying all the meats.”

Literal Standard Version

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, “So also you are without understanding! Do you not perceive that nothing from outside entering into the man is able to defile him?

20And He said, “That which is coming out from the man, that defiles the man;

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Cross References

Matthew 15:17Do you not understand that all that is going into the mouth passes into the belly, and is cast forth into the drain?

Acts 10:15and [there is] a voice again a second time to him: “What God cleansed, you do not declare common”;

Romans 14:1And receive him who is weak in the faith—not to determinations of reasonings;

Colossians 2:16Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a celebration, or of a new moon, or of 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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