18 Bible Verses about pork
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If one of the heathen invites you to his house, and you wish to go, eat whatever is served, without raising any question, as far as conscience is concerned.
And he said to them, "Begone!" And they came out and went into the pigs. And suddenly the whole drove rushed over the steep bank into the sea, and perished in the water.
But Peter said, "Never, sir! For I have never eaten anything that was not ceremonially cleansed."
"Do not give what is sacred to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, or they will trample them under their feet and turn and tear you in pieces.
What has happened to them shows the truth of the proverb, "A dog returns to what he has vomited up, and a sow that has washed goes back to wallow in the mire."
The right thing to do is to eat no meat at all and to drink no wine or do anything else if it hurts your brother's conscience.
You must not, just for the sake of food, undo the work of God. It is true, everything is clean, but it is wrong for a man to hurt the consciences of others by what he eats.
And the demons entreated him, saying, "If you are going to drive us out, send us into the drove of pigs."
"You must not handle," "You must not taste," "You must not touch"??22 referring to things that are all meant to be used up and destroyed? This is to follow mere human rules and regulations.
The man who will eat anything must not look down on the man who abstains from some things, and the man who abstains from them must not criticize the one who does not, for God has accepted him.
Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the drove rushed over the steep bank into the lake, and were drowned.
One man's faith allows him to eat anything, while the overscrupulous man eats nothing but vegetables.
For everything God has created is good, and nothing need be refused, provided it is accepted with thanksgiving,
Therefore, if what I eat makes my brother fall, I will never eat meat again, rather than make my brother fall.
Now at some distance from them there was a great drove of pigs feeding.
He asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "My name is Legion, for there are many of us."
and saw the sky opened and a thing like a great sheet coming down, lowered to the ground by the four corners,