Do you not yet understand that whatever enters in at the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into the waste-bowl?
Mark 7:19 - Modern King James Version because it does not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and goes out into the waste-bowl, purifying all food? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Since it does not reach and enter his heart but [only his] digestive tract, and so passes on [into the place designed to receive waste]? Thus He was making and declaring all foods [ceremonially] clean [that is, abolishing the ceremonial distinctions of the Levitical Law]. American Standard Version (1901) because it goeth not into his heart, but into his belly, and goeth out into the draught? This he said, making all meats clean. Common English Bible That’s because it doesn’t enter into the heart but into the stomach, and it goes out into the sewer.” By saying this, Jesus declared that no food could contaminate a person in God’s sight. Catholic Public Domain Version For it does not enter into his heart, but into the gut, and it exits into the sewer, purging all foods." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Because it entereth not into his heart, but goeth into the belly, and goeth out into the privy, purging all meats? |
Do you not yet understand that whatever enters in at the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into the waste-bowl?
And He said to them, Are you also without understanding? Do you not perceive that whatever enters into the man from outside cannot defile him,
But give alms of such things as you have, and behold, all things are clean to you.
And the voice spoke to him again the second time, What God has made clean, you do not call common.
But the voice answered me again from the heaven, What God has made clean, you do not call common.
Meats for the belly and the belly for meats, but God shall destroy both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord is for the body.
Therefore let no one judge you in food or in drink, or in respect of a feast, or of the new moon, or of the sabbaths.