Mark 7:15 - English Standard Version 2016 There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.” Matoleo zaidiKing 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, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
And he called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand:
And he said to them, “You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with or to visit anyone of another nation, but God has shown me that I should not call any person common or unclean.
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience.
To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them.
but deal only with food and drink and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.