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Mark 7:19
Mark 7:19 is verse 19 of Mark chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)
Or and then is eliminated, thereby expelling all foods.”
King James Version
Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
World English Bible
because it doesn’t go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, making all foods clean?”
NU ends Jesus’ direct quote and question after “latrine”, ending the verse with “Thus he declared all foods clean.
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Mark 7:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible
17 After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples inquired about the parable.
18 “Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,
19 because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)
20 He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him.
21 For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Matthew 15:17“Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?
1 Corinthians 6:13“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
Colossians 2:21“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?
Colossians 2:22These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.