Mark 7:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him.””
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“Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“there is nothing from without the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“there is nothing from without the man entering into him that is able to defile him, but the things coming out from him, those are the things defiling the man.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Mark 7:15 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 11:42Do not eat any creature that moves along the ground, whether it crawls on its belly or walks on four or more feet; for such creatures are detestable.
- Proverbs 4:23Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
- Matthew 12:34You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
- Matthew 15:16“Do you still not understand?” Jesus asked.
- Mark 7:18“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,
- Acts 10:14“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”
- Acts 10:28He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.
- Acts 11:8‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
- Acts 15:20Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.
- Romans 14:17For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
- 1 Corinthians 10:25Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,
- 1 Timothy 4:3They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
- Titus 1:15To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
- Hebrews 9:10They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.
- Hebrews 13:9Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.
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