Mark 7:15

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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.

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General references

Bible References

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He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Don't you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can't defile him,

Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet, even all creeping things that creep on the earth, them you shall not eat; for they are an abomination.

But Peter said, "Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean."

But I said, 'Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.'

but that we write to them that they abstain from the pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, from what is strangled, and from blood.

for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Whatever is sold in the butcher shop, eat, asking no question for the sake of conscience,

forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

being only (with meats and drinks and various washings) fleshly ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.

Don't be carried away by various and strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by food, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.

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He said, "That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

So Jesus said, "Do you also still not understand?

General references

"Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'These are the living things which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth.

which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying:

He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

He said, "That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.