Do you not yet understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled into the latrine?
Mark 7:19 - The Text-Critical English New Testament For it does not go into his heart but into his stomach; then it goes out into the latrine, thus purifying all foods.” 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 everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled into the latrine?
He said to them, “So are you also without understanding? Do you not understand that whatever goes into a person from the outside cannot defile him?
But give as alms the things that are on the inside, and behold, everything will be clean for you.
The voice came to him again a second time: “Do not regard as defiled what God has made clean.”
The voice from heaven responded to me a second time: ‘Do not regard as defiled what God has made clean.’
Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food, but God will do away with them both. The body is not meant for fornication but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
Therefore let no one judge you in regard to food or drink, or in the matter of a feast, a New Moon celebration, or a Sabbath day.