Mark 7:19

For it does not go into his heart but into his stomach; then it goes out into the latrine, thus purifying all foods.”

Text-Critical English NT

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

18He said to them, “So are you also without understanding? Do you not understand that whatever goes into a person from the outside cannot defile him?

20He also said, “It is what comes out of a person that defiles a person.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:17Do you not yet understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled into the latrine?

Acts 10:15The voice came to him again a second time: “Do not regard as defiled what God has made clean.”

Romans 14:1Receive anyone who is weak in faith, but not for the purpose of disputing about opinions.

Colossians 2:16Therefore let no one judge you in regard to food or drink, or in the matter of a feast, a New Moon celebration, or a Sabbath day.

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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