You brood of vipers, how can you speak good things, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Mark 7:15 - The Text-Critical English New Testament There is nothing outside of a person that can defile him by going into him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 there is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition There is not [even] one thing outside a man which by going into him can pollute and defile him; but the things which come out of a man are what defile him and make him unhallowed and unclean. American Standard Version (1901) there is nothing from without the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man. Common English Bible Nothing outside of a person can enter and contaminate a person in God’s sight; rather, the things that come out of a person contaminate the person.” Catholic Public Domain Version There is nothing from outside a man which, by entering into him, is able to defile him. But the things which procede from a man, these are what pollute a man. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version There is nothing from without a man that entering into him, can defile him. But the things which come from a man, those are they that defile a man. |
You brood of vipers, how can you speak good things, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Then Jesus called over the entire crowd and said to them, “Listen to me, all of you, and understand:
Peter said to them, “You know that it is forbidden for a Jewish man to keep company with or associate with a foreigner, but God has shown me that I should call no one defiled or unclean.
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Eat whatever is sold in the meat market, questioning nothing for the sake of conscience,
To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
Do not be carried away by various kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by regulations about food, which have not benefited those who follow them.
but deal only with food and drink, and various washings and regulations for the flesh, imposed until the time of reformation.