Mark 7:19

because it does not go into his heart, but into his belly, and passes away, ejected from him?" By these words he pronounced all foods clean.

Montgomery New Testament

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

18"Are even you without understanding?" he said. "Do you not perceive that nothing whatever from without can defile a man by entering him,

20"What comes out of a man," he continued, "is what defiles him.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:17"Do you not know how all that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is afterward evacuated;

Acts 10:15And again a second time came to him a voice, saying, "What God has cleansed you must not call common."

Romans 14:1Welcome a man of weak faith, but not for the purpose of deciding doubtful points.

Colossians 2:16Therefore do not permit any one to sit in judgment on you in regard to what you may eat or drink, or in regard to feast-days or new moons or 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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