Mark 7:15

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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.

and he said, are you likewise so void of understanding? don't you perceive that what passes from without into a man cannot defile him?

but Peter said, not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.

but I said, Lord, by no means: for I never did eat any thing impure, and defiled.

that they abstain from the pollutions of idols, from fornication, from animals that are strangled, and from their blood.

for the gospel dispensation does not consist in meats and drinks, but in piety and peace, and spiritual joy.

whatever is sold in the shambles, that eat, without making any scrupulous enquiry.

interdicting marriage; and the use of animal food; which God created for the repast of the faithful, who embrace the truth with thankfulness.

to the pure all things are pure: but to corrupt infidels nothing is pure; whose very mind and conscience is polluted.

only in matters relating to meats and drinks, and divers baptisms, meer external rites which were to subsist only till the time of reformation.

for the mind is better improv'd by the gospel-dispensation, than by the distinctions about meats, in which some have been so uselesly vers'd.

but, said he, that which proceeds from a man, is what defiles him:

O degenerate race, how can ye, wicked as ye are, utter any thing that is good? for "'tis the overflowing of the heart that the mouth dischargeth."

and Jesus said, are ye also yet without understanding?

he that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

but, said he, that which proceeds from a man, is what defiles him: