Not that which goes into the mouth defiles a man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.
Acts 10:15 - King James 2000 And the voice spoke unto him again the second time, What God has cleansed, that call not common. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the voice came to him again a second time, What God has cleansed and pronounced clean, do not you defile and profane by regarding and calling common and unhallowed or unclean. American Standard Version (1901) And a voice came unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common. Common English Bible The voice spoke a second time, “Never consider unclean what God has made pure.” Catholic Public Domain Version And the voice, again a second time to him: "What God has purified, you shall not call common." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the voice spoke to him again the second time: That which God hath cleansed, do not thou call common. |
Not that which goes into the mouth defiles a man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.
Because it enters not into his heart, but into the belly, and goes out into the drain, purging all foods?
This was done three times: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.
And he said unto them, You know that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God has showed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God has cleansed, that call not you common.
But that we write unto them, that they abstain from defilements of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
That you abstain from anything offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if you keep yourselves, you shall do well. Farewell.
And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteems anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
For food destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eats with offense.
Whatsoever is sold in the meat market, that eat, asking no question for conscience’s sake:
Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled.
And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horses’ bridles, for a thousand and six hundred furlongs.