Mark 7:15

God's Word

Nothing that goes into a person from the outside can make him unclean. It’s what comes out of a person that makes him unclean.

Cross References

Proverbs 4:23

Guard your heart more than anything else, because the source of your life flows from it.

Matthew 12:34

You poisonous snakes! How can you evil people say anything good? Your mouth says what comes from inside you.

Matthew 15:16

Jesus said, “Don’t you understand yet?

Mark 7:14

Then he called the crowd again and said to them, “Listen to me, all of you, and try to understand!

Mark 7:16

Let the person who has ears listen!”

Acts 10:28

He said to them, “You understand how wrong it is for a Jewish man to associate or visit with anyone of another race. But God has shown me that I should no longer call anyone impure or unclean.

Romans 14:17

God’s kingdom does not consist of what a person eats or drinks. Rather, God’s kingdom consists of God’s approval and peace, as well as the joy that the Holy Spirit gives.

1 Corinthians 10:25

Eat anything that is sold in the market without letting your conscience trouble you.

Titus 1:15

Everything is clean  to those who are clean. But nothing is clean to corrupt unbelievers. Indeed, their minds and their consciences are corrupted.

Hebrews 13:9

Don’t get carried away by all kinds of unfamiliar teachings. Gaining inner strength from God’s kindness  is good for us. This strength does not come from following rules about food, rules that don’t help those who follow them.

Hebrews 9:10

These gifts and sacrifices were meant to be food, drink, and items used in various purification ceremonies. These ceremonies were required for the body until God would establish a new way of doing things.