It is not what enters the mouth of a person that [spiritually] corrupts him, but what proceeds out of his mouth that [spiritually] corrupts him.”
Acts 10:14 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) But Peter answered, “No, Lord, I cannot. I have never eaten any such ordinary or [ceremonially] unfit creatures.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But Peter said, No, by no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common and unhallowed or [ceremonially] unclean. American Standard Version (1901) But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common and unclean. Common English Bible Peter exclaimed, “Absolutely not, Lord! I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.” Catholic Public Domain Version But Peter said: "Far be it from me, lord. For I have never eaten anything common or unclean." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But Peter said: Far be it from me; for I never did eat any thing that is common and unclean. |
It is not what enters the mouth of a person that [spiritually] corrupts him, but what proceeds out of his mouth that [spiritually] corrupts him.”
Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “I should say not, Lord; that will never happen to you.”
But the sensible ones answered, ‘There might not be enough for us and you, [so] instead, you should go to the store and buy some for yourselves.’
Just then a person with an infectious skin disease came and worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, if you wanted to, you can heal me.”
They had observed some of His disciples eating their food with contaminated, that is, [ceremonially] unwashed hands.
The woman [then] said to Him, “Sir, you do not have anything to draw [water] with, and the well is deep. Where will you get that living water?
A voice then directed Peter with the words, “Get up; kill and eat [one of them].”
And he said to them, “You people know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with, or even go near a person from another [i.e., non-Jewish] country, and yet God showed me that I should not consider any person ordinary or [ceremonially] unacceptable.
I answered, ‘Who are you, sir?’ And the voice answered me, ‘I am Jesus from Nazareth, the One you are persecuting.’
Saul replied, “Who are you, sir?” And the voice said, “It is I, Jesus, whom you are persecuting,