Mark 7:15

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There is nothing outside a person that can defile him by going into him, but the things that come out of him are what defile him.

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  • Mark 7:18-23 : 18 And He said to them, "Are you also without understanding? Do you not realize that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him? 19 For it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then it goes out into the latrine." (In saying this, He declared all foods clean.) 20 And He continued, "What comes out of a person is what defiles him. 21 For from within, out of the human heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders, 22 adulteries, greed, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. 23 All these evils come from within and defile a person.
  • Matt 12:34 : 34 You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
  • Matt 15:16 : 16 Jesus replied, “Are you still without understanding?”
  • Lev 11:42-47 : 42 You must not eat any creature that moves on its belly, or walks on four legs, or has many feet. All these swarming creatures that move along the ground are detestable. 43 Do not make yourselves detestable by eating any swarming creature that moves along the ground. Do not defile yourselves with them, for you will become unclean through them. 44 For I am the LORD your God. Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Do not defile yourselves with any of the swarming creatures that move along the ground. 45 For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore, be holy, because I am holy. 46 These are the laws regarding animals, birds, every living creature that moves in the water, and every creature that moves along the ground. 47 You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between living creatures that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.
  • Prov 4:23 : 23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
  • Acts 10:14-16 : 14 But Peter said, 'By no means, Lord! For I have never eaten anything common or unclean.' 15 Again, the voice came to him a second time, saying, 'What God has made clean, you must not call common.' 16 This happened three times, and immediately the object was taken up into heaven.
  • Acts 10:28 : 28 He said to them, 'You know it is forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or visit a foreigner, but God has shown me that I must not call any person common or unclean.'
  • Acts 11:8-9 : 8 But I said, ‘Surely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’ 9 The voice spoke from heaven a second time: ‘What God has made clean, you must not call unclean.’ 10 This happened three times, and then the whole object was pulled up into heaven.
  • Acts 15:20-21 : 20 Instead, we should write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, sexual immorality, meat that has been strangled, and blood. 21 For Moses has had those who proclaim him in every city from ancient generations, being read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.
  • Rom 14:17 : 17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
  • 1 Cor 10:25 : 25 Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience.
  • 1 Tim 4:3-5 : 3 They will forbid marriage and require abstinence from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. 4 For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving. 5 It is sanctified by the word of God and by prayer.
  • Titus 1:15 : 15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; rather, both their mind and conscience are defiled.
  • Heb 9:10 : 10 They are only regulations concerning food and drink and various ceremonial washings, external ordinances imposed until the time of reformation.
  • Heb 13:9 : 9 Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by God’s grace, not by eating ceremonial foods, which have not benefited those who have followed them.

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  • Mark 7:16-24
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    16If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."

    17When He went into the house away from the crowd, His disciples asked Him about the parable.

    18And He said to them, "Are you also without understanding? Do you not realize that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?

    19For it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then it goes out into the latrine." (In saying this, He declared all foods clean.)

    20And He continued, "What comes out of a person is what defiles him.

    21For from within, out of the human heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

    22adulteries, greed, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.

    23All these evils come from within and defile a person.

    24And from there, He arose and went to the region of Tyre and Sidon. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know, but He could not remain hidden.

  • Matt 15:10-12
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    10Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand:

    11What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”

    12Then the disciples came to him and told him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”

  • Matt 15:16-20
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    16Jesus replied, “Are you still without understanding?”

    17Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is expelled into the latrine?

    18But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these defile a person.

    19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, and slanders.

    20These are the things that defile a person, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”

  • Mark 7:14
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    14Then He called the crowd to Him and said, "Listen to Me, all of you, and understand:

  • Titus 1:15
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    15To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; rather, both their mind and conscience are defiled.

  • Mark 7:1-5
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    1The Pharisees and some of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem, gathered around Him.

    2They saw some of His disciples eating bread with unclean, that is, unwashed hands, and they criticized them.

    3For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands carefully, holding to the tradition of the elders.

    4And when they return from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They also observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers, copper vessels, and dining couches.

    5So the Pharisees and the scribes questioned Him, "Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?"

  • Luke 11:39-41
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    39Then the Lord said to him, 'Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

    40You fools! Did not the one who made the outside also make the inside?

    41But now as for what is inside you—be generous to the poor, and everything will be clean for you.'

  • Luke 6:45
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    45A good person brings good things out of the good stored up in their heart, and an evil person brings evil things out of the evil stored up in their heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

  • Rom 14:14
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    14I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean.

  • Matt 12:35
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    35The good person brings out good things from the good treasure of his heart, and the evil person brings out evil things from his evil treasure.

  • Job 14:4
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    4Who can bring what is pure out of the unclean? No one.

  • Lev 5:3
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    3Or if someone touches human uncleanness, anything that makes a person unclean, and it is hidden from them but then they realize it, they become guilty.

  • Matt 23:26
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    26Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may also become clean.

  • Rom 14:20
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    20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things are indeed clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.

  • Luke 16:15
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    15Jesus said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight."

  • Mark 5:8
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    8For Jesus had been saying to him, 'Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!'

  • Acts 11:8
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    8But I said, ‘Surely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

  • Lev 22:5-6
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    5or touches any unclean crawling creature that makes him unclean, or any person who makes him unclean by whatever means—

    6the person who touches any of these will be unclean until evening and must not eat any of the holy things unless he has bathed in water.

  • Lev 15:16
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    16If a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his entire body with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.

  • Lev 15:7
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    7Anyone who touches the body of the man with the discharge must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will remain unclean until evening.

  • Mark 1:26
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    26The unclean spirit convulsed the man, and with a loud cry, it came out of him.

  • Mark 3:30
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    30He said this because they were saying, "He has an impure spirit."

  • Lev 11:36
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    36But a spring or a cistern containing water will remain clean, though anyone who touches one of their carcasses will become unclean.

  • Luke 11:24
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    24When an unclean spirit comes out of a person, it wanders through waterless places seeking rest but finds none. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’

  • Lev 18:24
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    24Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves by all these things.

  • Luke 8:17
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    17For nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, nor is anything concealed that will not be known and brought to light.

  • Mark 1:23
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    23Just then, in their synagogue, there was a man possessed by an unclean spirit, and he cried out,

  • Matt 15:2
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    2“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”

  • Matt 12:43
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    43When an unclean spirit comes out of a person, it passes through arid places seeking rest but does not find it.