Mark 7:19

because it entereth not into his heart, but into his belly, and is cast out in the purgation which all food purgeth?

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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, How dull are even you! Know you not, that nothing from without that entereth a man can defile him,

20But that which proceedeth from a man, that polluteth a man.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:17Know you not that whatsoever entereth the mouth, goeth into the belly, and from thence in purification it is cast without?

Acts 10:15And again the second time was to him, Those (things) which Aloha cleanseth make not thou profane.

Romans 14:1But to him who is weak in the faith give the hand, and be not divided in your thoughts.

Colossians 2:16LET no man therefore judge you in meat and in drink, or in the distinctions of festivals, and of new moons, and of shabeths,

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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