Mark 7:19

For it doth not enter into his heart, but into his belly, and is thrown into the digestive process, which carries off all that is eaten.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

18And he said to them: Are ye likewise so undiscerning? Do ye not know, that whatever from without entereth into a man, cannot defile him?

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

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Cross References

Matthew 15:17Know ye not, that whatever entereth the mouth, passeth into the belly, and from there is ejected by purgation?

Acts 10:15And again the second time, there was a voice to him: What God hath cleansed, make thou not unclean.

Romans 14:1To him who is feeble in the faith, reach forth the hand. And be not divided in your thoughts.

Colossians 2:16Let no one therefore disquiet you about food and drink, or about the distinctions of festivals, and new moons, and 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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