Mark 7:19

because it doesn’t go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, making 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

18He said to them, “Are you also without understanding? Don’t you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can’t defile him,

20He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:17Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly and then out of the body?

Acts 10:15A voice came to him again the second time, “What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean.”

Romans 14:1Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions.

Colossians 2:16Let no one therefore judge you in eating or drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon 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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