Mark 7:15

New Living Translation

It’s not what goes into your body that defiles you; you are defiled by what comes from your heart.”

Cross References

Proverbs 4:23

Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.

Matthew 12:34

You brood of snakes! How could evil men like you speak what is good and right? For whatever is in your heart determines what you say.

Matthew 15:16

“Don’t you understand yet?” Jesus asked.

Mark 7:14

Then Jesus called to the crowd to come and hear. “All of you listen,” he said, “and try to understand.

Acts 10:28

Peter told them, “You know it is against our laws for a Jewish man to enter a Gentile home like this or to associate with you. But God has shown me that I should no longer think of anyone as impure or unclean.

Romans 14:17

For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of living a life of goodness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 10:25

So you may eat any meat that is sold in the marketplace without raising questions of conscience.

Titus 1:15

Everything is pure to those whose hearts are pure. But nothing is pure to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, because their minds and consciences are corrupted.

Hebrews 13:9

So do not be attracted by strange, new ideas. Your strength comes from God’s grace, not from rules about food, which don’t help those who follow them.

Hebrews 9:10

For that old system deals only with food and drink and various cleansing ceremonies—physical regulations that were in effect only until a better system could be established.