Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.

General references

Bible References

Nothing

Mark 7:18
And he said to them: Are you also so void of understanding? Do you not perceive that nothing from without, by entering into a man, can defile him?
Acts 10:14
But Peter said: By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing common or unclean.
Acts 11:8
But I said, By no means, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.
Acts 15:20
but that we write to them to abstain from pollutions of idols, and from lewdness, and from what is strangled, and from blood.
Romans 14:17
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 10:25
Any thing that is sold in the market, eat, asking no questions on account of conscience:
1 Timothy 4:3
who forbid to marry, and command to abstain from meats, which God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe, and know the truth.
Titus 1:15
To the pure, all things are pure: but to the denied and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but their mind and their conscience are denied.
Hebrews 9:10
since he relies only on meats and drinks and various immersions, ordinances in deed of the flesh, which were imposed till the time of reformation.
Hebrews 13:9
Be not carried away by various and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be strengthened with grace, not with meats, which have not profited those who were occupied with them.

But

Mark 7:20
And he said: What comes out of the man, is that which defiles the man.
Matthew 12:34
Generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
Matthew 15:16
Jesus replied: Are you also yet without understanding?

General references

Matthew 13:9
He that has ears to hear, let him hear.
Mark 7:20
And he said: What comes out of the man, is that which defiles the man.