Mark 7:19

because it cannot go into his heart, but it goes into his stomach and then passes out into the latrine?” With this statement Jesus declared all foods clean.

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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

18Jesus said, “Are you also still without understanding? Do you not see that whatever enters into a person from outside cannot defile him,

20He said, “It is that which comes out of the person that defiles him.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:17Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is then passed out into the latrine?

Acts 10:15But the voice came to him again a second time: “What God has cleansed, do not call it defiled.”

Romans 14:1Receive anyone who is weak in faith, without giving judgment about arguments.

Colossians 2:16So then, let no one judge you in eating or in drinking, or about a feast day or a new moon, or about Sabbath days.

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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