Mark 7:15 - Tree of Life Version There is nothing outside the man that can make him unholy by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of the man that makes the man unholy.” 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 who are evil say anything good? For from the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
Then Yeshua called the crowd again and began saying to them, “Hear Me, everyone, and understand.
[footnote: Some mss. Add: If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.]
He said to them, “You yourselves know that it is not permitted for a Jewish man to associate with a non-Jew or to visit him. Yet God has shown me that I should call no one unholy or unclean.
for the kingdom of God is not about eating and drinking, but righteousness and shalom and joy in the Ruach ha-Kodesh.
Eat whatever is sold in the meat market, without raising questions of conscience.
To the pure all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Both their mind and conscience are defiled.
Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace—not by foods that have not benefited those occupied by them.
These relate only to food and drink and various washings—regulations for the body imposed until a time of setting things straight.