Acts 10:15

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The voice spoke to him again, “When God says that something can be used for food, don't say it isn't fit to eat.”

Cross References

Matthew 15:11

The food that you put into your mouth doesn't make you unclean and unfit to worship God. The bad words that come out of your mouth are what make you unclean.”

Mark 7:19

It doesn't go into your heart, but into your stomach, and then out of your body.” By saying this, Jesus meant that all foods were fit to eat.

Acts 10:16

This happened three times before the sheet was suddenly taken back to heaven.

Acts 10:28

and Peter said to them, “You know that we Jews are not allowed to have anything to do with other people. But God has shown me that he doesn't think anyone is unclean or unfit.

Acts 11:9

The voice from heaven spoke to me again, “When God says that something can be used for food, don't say it isn't fit to eat.”

Acts 15:20

We should simply write and tell them not to eat anything that has been offered to idols. They should be told not to eat the meat of any animal that has been strangled or that still has blood in it. They must also not commit any terrible sexual sins.

Acts 15:29

But you should not eat anything offered to idols. You should not eat any meat that still has the blood in it or any meat of any animal that has been strangled. You must also not commit any terrible sexual sins. If you follow these instructions, you will do well. We send our best wishes.

Acts 15:9

God treated them in the same way that he treated us. They put their faith in him, and he made their hearts pure.

Romans 14:14

The Lord Jesus has made it clear to me that God considers all foods fit to eat. But if you think some foods are unfit to eat, then for you they are not fit.

Romans 14:20

Don't let your appetite destroy what God has done. All foods are fit to eat, but it is wrong to cause problems for others by what you eat.

1 Corinthians 10:25

However, when you buy meat in the market, go ahead and eat it. Keep your conscience clear by not asking where the meat came from.

Titus 1:15

Everything is pure for someone whose heart is pure. But nothing is pure for an unbeliever with a dirty mind. That person's mind and conscience are destroyed.

Revelation 14:20

The pit was outside the city, and when the grapes were squashed, blood flowed out. The blood turned into a river that was about three hundred kilometres long and almost deep enough to cover a horse.