Mark 7:15

Good News Translation

There is nothing that goes into you from the outside which can make you ritually unclean. Rather, it is what comes out of you that makes you unclean.”

Cross References

Proverbs 4:23

Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.

Matthew 12:34

You snakes—how can you say good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

Matthew 15:16

Jesus said to them, “You are still no more intelligent than the others.

Mark 7:14

Then Jesus called the crowd to him once more and said to them, “Listen to me, all of you, and understand.

Acts 10:28

He said to them, “You yourselves know very well that a Jew is not allowed by his religion to visit or associate with Gentiles. But God has shown me that I must not consider any person ritually unclean or defiled.

Romans 14:17

For God's Kingdom is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of the righteousness, peace, and joy which the Holy Spirit gives.

1 Corinthians 10:25

You are free to eat anything sold in the meat market, without asking any questions because of your conscience.

Titus 1:15

Everything is pure to those who are themselves pure; but nothing is pure to those who are defiled and unbelieving, for their minds and consciences have been defiled.

Hebrews 13:9

Do not let all kinds of strange teachings lead you from the right way. It is good to receive inner strength from God's grace, and not by obeying rules about foods; those who obey these rules have not been helped by them.

Hebrews 9:10

since they have to do only with food, drink, and various purification ceremonies. These are all outward rules, which apply only until the time when God will establish the new order.